What is Teichoic acid? what is it's function? Is it present in both Bacillus and E.coli ?

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Teichoic acid present on wall of Gram + bacteria which involved in providing strength,regulation of growth and as a cell surface receptor for recognising foreign particles. Bacillus is gram + and E.coli is gram -.

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