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Teichoic acids

Teichoic acids (cf.Greek τεῖχος, teīkhos, "wall", to be specific a fortification wall, as opposed to τοῖχος, toīkhos, a regular wall) are bacterialcopolymers of glycerol phosphate or ribitol phosphate and carbohydrates linked via phosphodiester bonds.

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