ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2023
Dissecting the roles of peptidoglycan synthetic and autolytic activities in the walled to L-form bacterial transition.
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- Bacterial L-forms: Key Mechanisms of Drug Resistance, Disease Recurrence, and Immune Evasion.Indian journal of microbiology · 2026Review
- Synergistic action of peptidoglycan and teichoic acid synthesis inhibitors leads to cell death by oxidative damage.Communications biology · 2026Article
- Unveiling a Novel Mechanism of Enhanced Secretion, Cargo Loading, and Accelerated Dynamics of Bacterial Extracellular Vesicles Following Antibiotic Exposure.Journal of extracellular vesicles · 2025Article
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Abstract
Bacterial cells are surrounded by a peptidoglycan (PG) wall, which is a crucial target for antibiotics. It is well known that treatment with cell wall-active antibiotics occasionally converts bacteria to a non-walled "L-form" state that requires the loss of cell wall integrity. L-forms may have an important role in antibiotic resistance and recurrent infection. Recent work has revealed that inhibition of
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