Bacteria surround their cell membrane with a net-like peptidoglycan layer, called sacculus,
to protect the cell from bursting and maintain its cell shape. Sacculus growth during …

The major targets for antibiotics in staphylococci are (i) the cell envelope,(ii) the ribosome
and (iii) nucleic acids. Several novel targets emerged from recent targeted drug discovery …

The discovery of penicillin by Sir Alexander Fleming in 1928 provided us with access to a
new class of compounds useful at fighting bacterial infections: antibiotics. Ever since, a …

Magnesium (Mg) is an essential mineral element for plants and is nontoxic to organisms. In
this study, we took advantage of nanotechnologies to systematically investigate the …

The biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) through the use of endophytic bacteria is a
safe replacement for the chemical method. The study aimed to synthesize AgNPs using …

The peptidoglycan (PG) cell wall is an extra-cytoplasmic glycopeptide polymeric structure
that protects bacteria from osmotic lysis and determines cellular shape. Since the cell wall …

Bacteria must divide to increase in number and colonize their niche. Binary fission is the
most widespread means of bacterial cell division, but even this relatively simple mechanism …

Bacteria display an abundance of cellular forms and can change shape during their life
cycle. Many plausible models regarding the functional significance of cell morphology have …

Genome‐wide screens have discovered a large set of essential genes in the opportunistic
human pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae. However, the functions of many essential …

Fluorescent d-amino acids (FDAAs) are efficiently incorporated into the peptidoglycans
(PGs) of diverse bacterial species at the sites of PG biosynthesis, allowing specific and …