Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the leading cause of death due to infection, has a dynamic and
immunomodulatory cell envelope. The cell envelope structurally and functionally varies …

The biofilm is a bacterial colony wrapped in an auto-produced polymer matrix of
polysaccharides, proteins, and DNA. Bacterial biofilms cause persistent infections because …

Drug resistant tuberculosis contributes significantly to the global burden of antimicrobial
resistance, often consuming a large proportion of the healthcare budget and associated …

Evolutionarily divergent bacteria share a common phenomenological strategy for cell-size
homeostasis under steady-state conditions. In the presence of inherent physiological …

Cell size control is an intrinsic feature of the cell cycle. In bacteria, cell growth and division
are thought to be coupled through a cell size threshold. Here, we provide direct …

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 …

Nonreplicating and metabolically quiescent bacteria are implicated in latent tuberculosis
infections and relapses following" sterilizing" chemotherapy. However, evidence linking …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which is the aetiological agent of tuberculosis, owes much of its
success as a pathogen to its unique cell wall and unusual mechanism of growth, which …

The genus Mycobacterium contains several slow-growing human pathogens, including
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium leprae, and Mycobacterium avium …

Bacterial physiology is a branch of biology that aims to understand overarching principles of
cellular reproduction. Many important issues in bacterial physiology are inherently …