A SpoIID Homolog Cleaves Glycan Strands at the Chlamydial Division Septum

A SpoIID Homolog Cleaves Glycan Strands at the Chlamydial Division Septum

ABSTRACT Chlamydiales species are obligate intracellular bacteria lacking a classical peptidoglycan sacculus but relying on peptidoglycan synthesis for cytokinesis. While septal peptidoglycan biosynthesis seems to be regulated by MreB actin and its membrane anchor RodZ rather than FtsZ tubulin in Ch...

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Main Authors: Nicolas Jacquier, Akhilesh K. Yadav, Trestan Pillonel, Patrick H. Viollier, Felipe Cava, Gilbert Greub
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019-08-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
Chlamydiales
Waddlia chondrophila
cell division
peptidoglycan
sporulation
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01128-19

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01128-19

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