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The rod to L-form transition of Bacillus subtilis is limited by a requirement for the protoplast to escape from the cell wall sacculus.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Jan 2012
Domínguez-Cuevas Patricia, Mercier Romain, Leaver Mark, Kawai Yoshikazu, Errington Jeff
Abstract excerpt
L-forms are variants of common bacteria that can grow and proliferate without a cell wall. Little is known about their molecular cell biology but they undergo a remarkable mode of proliferation that is independent of the normally essential FtsZ-dependent division machinery. We have isolated a strain of Bacillus subtilis that can quickly and quantitatively convert from the walled to the L-form state. Analysis of...
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