Driving polar growth

Elife. 2020 May 7:9:e57043. doi: 10.7554/eLife.57043.

Abstract

Profiling the phenotype of 200,000 mutants revealed a new cofactor that may help a group of rod-shaped bacteria elongate and grow.

Keywords: bacteria; corynebacteria; infectious disease; microbiology; mycobacteria; peptidoglycan.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Bacteria / genetics
  • Cell Wall*
  • Peptidoglycan*
  • Phenotype

Substances

  • Peptidoglycan