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SUMMARY: The structure conferring rigidity and shape on the complex cell wall of Escherichia coli strain B has been isolated in a state virtually free from other wall material. It shows a characteristic surface pattern which, together with observations on its mode of disintegration by phage enzyme or lysozyme, indicates the fairly simple principles of its construction.
Weidel et al. (1960) studied this question.