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Identification of diaminopimelic acid in the Legionnaires disease bacterium
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|December 1, 1979
Abstract:
Diaminopimelic acid was found to be a component of the cell wall of the Legionnaires disease bacterium, thus providing additional evidence that the organism is a bacterium. The presence of this amino acid was determined by gas-liquid chromatography and confirmed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.