Cellular mechanical properties play an integral role in bacterial survival and adaptation.
Historically, the bacterial cell wall and, in particular, the layer of polymeric material called the …

The bacterial cytoplasmic membrane is composed of roughly equal proportions of lipids and
proteins. The main lipid components are phospholipids, which vary in acyl chain length …

MreB is essential for rod shape in many bacteria. Membrane-associated MreB filaments
move around the rod circumference, helping to insert cell wall in the radial direction to …

Cell shape matters across the kingdoms of life, and cells have the remarkable capacity to
define and maintain specific shapes and sizes. But how are the shapes of micron-sized cells …

Background Nanotechnology and bacteriology at first sight may seem like two disparate
worlds, but a rapidly moving field of research has formed at the interface of these disciplines …

In addition to playing a central role as a permeability barrier for controlling the diffusion of
molecules and ions in and out of bacterial cells, phospholipid (PL) membranes regulate the …

Some bacterial proteins involved in cell division and oxidative phosphorylation are tightly
bound to cardiolipin. Cardiolipin is a non-bilayer anionic phospholipid found in bacterial …

Reproduction in the bacterial kingdom predominantly occurs through binary fission—a
process in which one parental cell is divided into two similarly sized daughter cells. How cell …

In nature, microorganisms exhibit different volumes spanning six orders of magnitude.
Despite their capability to create different sizes, a clonal population in a given environment …

In vivo, bacterial actin MreB assembles into dynamic membrane-associated filamentous
structures that exhibit circumferential motion around the cell. Current knowledge of MreB …