Bacterial cell division is orchestrated by a tubulin homologue, FtsZ, which polymerizes to
form a ring-like structure that is both a scaffold for the assembly of the bacterial cytokinetic …

Bacteria retain certain proteins at their cell envelopes by attaching them in a non‐covalent
manner to peptidoglycan, using specific protein domains, such as the prominent LysM (Lysin …

The genus Mycobacterium is best known for its two major pathogenic species, M.
tuberculosis and M. leprae, the causative agents of two of the world's oldest diseases …

Binary fission of many prokaryotes as well as some eukaryotic organelles depends on the
FtsZ protein, which self-assembles into a membrane-associated ring structure early in the …

A range of genetical and physiological experiments have established that diverse bacterial
cells possess a function called nucleoid occlusion, which acts to prevent cell division in the …

The SOS response of bacteria is a global regulatory network targeted at addressing DNA
damage. Governed by the products of the lexA and recA genes, it co-ordinates a …

Temperate bacterial viruses (phages) can transition between lysis—replicating and killing
the host—and lysogeny, that is, existing as dormant prophages while keeping the host …

Whereas most prokaryotes rely on binary fission for propagation, many species use
alternative mechanisms, which include multiple offspring formation and budding, to …

From microbes to multicellular eukaryotic organisms, all cells contain pathways responsible
for genome maintenance. DNA replication allows for the faithful duplication of the genome …

The Gram-positive soil bacterium Bacillus subtilis responds to oxidative stress by the
activation of different cellular defence mechanisms. These are composed of scavenging …