Teichoic acids and related cell-wall glycopolymers in Gram-positive physiology and host interactions

By Christopher Weidenmaier, A. Peschel. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2008

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Wall teichoic acids of gram-positive bacteria. (2013, background): “WTAs have also been categorized as virulence factors, although they exhibit such profound defects in vitro that they may be better described as “in vivo essential” (30, 138).”
Reduced Vancomycin Susceptibility in Staphylococcus aureus, Including Vancomycin-Intermediate and Heterogeneous Vancomycin-Intermediate Strains: Resistance Mechanisms, Laboratory Detection, and Clinical Implications (2010, background): “Lipoteichoic acids appear to be involved in cell division (379).”