Production of non‐canonical d‐amino acids (NCDAAs) in stationary phase promotes
remodelling of peptidoglycan (PG), the polymer that comprises the bacterial cell wall …

It is now well appreciated that bacterial cells are highly organized, which is far from the initial
concept that they are merely bags of randomly distributed macromolecules and chemicals …

The murein (peptidoglycan) sacculus is the essential exoskeleton of all eubacteria (except
Mycoplasma species and a few other species) that is needed to withstand the internal …

Summary Cell division proteins FtsZ (FtsA, ZipA, ZapA), FtsE/X, FtsK, FtsQ, FtsL/B, FtsW,
PBP3, FtsN and AmiC localize at mid cell in Escherichia coli in an interdependent order as …

Elongation of many rod-shaped bacteria occurs by peptidoglycan synthesis at discrete foci
along the sidewall of the cells. However, within the Rhizobiales, there are many budding …

Mycobacteria are surrounded by a complex multilayered envelope and elongate at the
poles. The principles that organize the coordinated addition of chemically diverse cell wall …

In recent years it has been shown that bacteria contain a number of cytoskeletal structures.
The bacterial cytoplasmic elements include homologs of the three major types of eukaryotic …

For growth and division of rod-shaped bacteria, the cylindrical part of the sacculus has to be
elongated and two new cell poles have to be synthesized. The elongation is performed by a …

Peptidoglycan performs the essential role of resisting turgor in the cell walls of most bacteria.
It determines cell shape, and its biosynthesis is the target for many important antibiotics. The …

Much of what we know about cytokinesis in bacteria has come from studies with Escherichia
coli, and efforts to comprehensively understand this fundamental process in this organism …