Chemical composition as a criterion in the classification of aerobic actinomycetes LECHEVALIER, MARY P. and LECHEVALIER, HUBERT,, 20, 435-443 (1970), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-20-4-435, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1466-5026, abstract= 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., language=, type=