The Absence of a Mature Cell Wall Sacculus in Stable Listeria monocytogenes L-Form Cells Is Independent of Peptidoglycan Synthesis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Studer, Patrick ^a   Borisova, Marina ^b   Schneider, Alexander ^b   Ayala, Juan A ^c   Mayer, Christoph ^b   Schuppler, Markus ^a   Loessner, Martin J ^a   Briers, Yves ^a,d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TRANSFERASE;

CELL WALL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; METABOLISM; PROTOPLAST;

CELL WALL; L FORMS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TRANSFERASES;

EID: 84997367921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154925     Document Type: Article

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