%0 Journal Article %A LECHEVALIER, MARY P. %A LECHEVALIER, HUBERT %T Chemical composition as a criterion in the classification of aerobic actinomycetes %D 1970 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 20 %N 4 %P 435-443 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-20-4-435 %I Microbiology Society, %X ABSTRACT The information concerning the main components found in cell wall preparations and whole-cell hydrolysates of some 600 strains of aerobic actinomy-cetes is reviewed. The results show that whole-cell sugar patterns can usually be used to predict cell wall composition and that the combination of both criteria permit separation of aerobic actinomycetes into 10 taxonomically useful groups. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-20-4-435