Prophage-triggered membrane vesicle formation through peptidoglycan damage in Bacillus subtilis

Prophage-triggered membrane vesicle formation through peptidoglycan damage in Bacillus subtilis

It is unclear how Gram-positive bacteria, with a thick cell wall, can release membrane vesicles. Here, Toyofuku et al. show that a prophage-encoded endolysin can generate holes in the cell wall through which cytoplasmic membrane material protrudes and is released as vesicles.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Masanori Toyofuku, Gerardo Cárcamo-Oyarce, Tatsuya Yamamoto, Fabian Eisenstein, Chien-Chi Hsiao, Masaharu Kurosawa, Karl Gademann, Martin Pilhofer, Nobuhiko Nomura, Leo Eberl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00492-w

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00492-w

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