Chlamydia spp. are important causes of human disease for which no effective vaccine
exists. These obligate intracellular pathogens replicate in a specialized membrane …

Peptidoglycan is the predominant stress‐bearing structure in the cell envelope of most
bacteria, and also a potent stimulator of the eukaryotic immune system. Obligate intracellular …

Bacterial growth and morphogenesis are intimately coupled to expansion of peptidoglycan
(PG), an extensively cross-linked macromolecule that forms a protective mesh-like sacculus …

Highlights•Bacterial cell division requires generation of constrictive force.•Membrane-
associated FtsZ can generate force in vitro.•FtsZ-generated force is limited and does not set …

Bacteria exhibit a rich diversity of morphologies. Within this diversity, there is a uniformity of
shape for each species that is replicated faithfully each generation, suggesting that bacterial …

Bacteria from the Planctomycetes, Verrucomicrobia, and Chlamydiae (PVC) superphylum
are exceptions to the otherwise dominant mode of division by binary fission, which is based …

The Chlamydiales order is composed of obligate intracellular bacteria and includes the
Chlamydiaceae family and several family-level lineages called Chlamydia-related bacteria …

In contrast to the elaborate cytoskeletal machines harbored by eukaryotic cells, such as
mitotic spindles, cytoskeletal structures detectable by typical negative stain electron …

Chlamydiales are obligate intracellular bacteria including some important pathogens
causing trachoma, genital tract infections and pneumonia, among others. They share an …

The obligate intracellular Chlamydiaceae do not need to resist osmotic challenges and thus
lost their cell wall in the course of evolution. Nevertheless, these pathogens maintain a …