Loss of Bacterial Cell Pole Stabilization in Caulobacter crescentus Sensitizes to Outer Membrane Stress and Peptidoglycan-Directed Antibiotics
Maintenance of an intact cell envelope is essential for free-living bacteria to protect themselves against their environment. In the case of rod-shaped bacteria, the poles of the cell are potential weak points in the cell envelope due to the high curvature of the layers and the need to break and ref...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2020-05-01
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Series: | mBio |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00538-20 |