A SpoIID Homolog Cleaves Glycan Strands at the Chlamydial Division Septum

A SpoIID Homolog Cleaves Glycan Strands at the Chlamydial Division Septum

Chlamydiales species are obligate intracellular bacteria and important human pathogens that have a minimal division machinery lacking the proteins that are essential for bacterial division in other species, such as FtsZ. Chlamydial division requires synthesis of peptidoglycan, which forms a ring at...

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Main Authors: Nicolas Jacquier, Akhilesh K. Yadav, Trestan Pillonel, Patrick H. Viollier, Felipe Cava, Gilbert Greub
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019-07-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
chlamydiales
waddlia chondrophila
cell division
peptidoglycan
sporulation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01128-19

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https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01128-19

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