Bacillus subtilis is the best studied model organism of the Gram-positive lineage. It is naturally
transformable and has an extremely powerful genetic toolbox. It is fast growing and easy …

Aquatic environments are reservoirs of the human pathogen Vibrio cholerae O1, which causes
the acute diarrheal disease cholera. Upon low temperature or limited nutrient availability, …

The bacterial cell wall maintains cell shape and protects against bursting by turgor. A major
constituent of the cell wall is peptidoglycan (PG), which is continuously modified to enable …

The bacterial cell wall is a multicomponent structure that provides structural support and
protection. In monoderm species, the cell wall is made up predominantly of peptidoglycan, …

… Author links open overlay panel Raffaella Tassoni a 1 , Lizah T. van der Aart b 1 ,
Marcellus Ubbink a , Gilles P. van Wezel b , Navraj S. Pannu a 1 …

A polyphasic study was designed to establish the taxonomic status of a Streptomyces strain
isolated from soil from the QinLing Mountains, Shaanxi Province, China, and found to be the …

The increasing resistance of clinical pathogens against the glycopeptide antibiotic vancomycin,
a last-resort drug against infections with Gram-positive pathogens, is a major problem in …

… Here we present full taxonomic classification of strain MBT76 T , and show that it has … In
this work we wish to establish strain MBT76 T as a novel species of Streptomyces. MBT76 T was …

Members of the genus Kitasatospora are Gram-positive actinomycetes that belong to the family
of Streptomycetaceae, and strongly resemble Streptomyces in terms of their genetics and …

The increasing resistance of clinical pathogens against the glycopeptide antibiotic vancomycin,
a last resort drug against infections with Gram-positive pathogens, is a major problem in …