How bacteria grow and divide while retaining a defined shape is a fundamental question in
microbiology, but technological advances are now driving a new understanding of how the …

Bacterial cell division is facilitated by the divisome, a dynamic multiprotein assembly
localizing at mid‐cell to synthesize the stress‐bearing peptidoglycan and to constrict all cell …

Practical Handbook of Microbiology, 4th edition provides basic, clear and concise
knowledge and practical information about working with microorganisms. Useful to anyone …

The peptidoglycan biosynthetic pathway is a critical process in the bacterial cell and is
exploited as a target for the design of antibiotics. This pathway culminates in the production …

During growth and propagation, a bacterial cell enlarges and subsequently divides its
peptidoglycan (PG) sacculus, a continuous mesh‐like layer that encases the cell membrane …

Proteins with a catalytically inactive LytM-type endopeptidase domain are important
regulators of cell wall-degrading enzymes in bacteria. Here, we study their representative …

In most bacterial cells, cell division is dependent on the polymerization of the FtsZ protein to
form a ring‐like structure (Z‐ring) at the midcell. Despite its essential role, the molecular …

Surface layers (S-layers) are proteinaceous, two-dimensional paracrystalline arrays that
constitute a major component of the cell envelope in many prokaryotic species. In this study …

Cytokinesis in gram-negative bacteria requires the constriction of all three cell envelope
layers: the inner membrane (IM), the peptidoglycan (PG) cell wall and the outer membrane …

Electron cryotomography (ECT) enables intact cells to be visualized in 3D in an essentially
native state to'macromolecular'(∼ 4 nm) resolution, revealing the basic architectures of …