Journal article
Wall Teichoic Acid Polymers Are Dispensable for Cell Viability in Bacillus subtilis
Abstract
An extensive literature has established that the synthesis of wall teichoic acid in Bacillus subtilis is essential for cell viability. Paradoxically, we have recently shown that wall teichoic acid biogenesis is dispensable in Staphylococcus aureus (M. A. D'Elia, M. P. Pereira, Y. S. Chung, W. Zhao, A. Chau, T. J. Kenney, M. C. Sulavik, T. A. Black, and E. D. Brown, J. Bacteriol. 188:4183-4189, 2006). A complex pattern of teichoic acid gene …
Authors
D'Elia MA; Millar KE; Beveridge TJ; Brown ED
Journal
Journal of Bacteriology, Vol. 188, No. 23, pp. 8313–8316
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Publication Date
12 2006
DOI
10.1128/jb.01336-06
ISSN
0021-9193