The mechanisms of target cell recognition and producer cell self-protection (immunity) are
both important yet poorly understood issues in the biology of peptide bacteriocins. In this report…

Class IIa bacteriocins target a phylogenetically defined subgroup of mannose-phosphotransferase
systems (man-PTS) on sensitive cells. By the use of man-PTS genes of the sensitive …

The Abi protein family consists of putative membrane-bound metalloproteases. While they
are involved in membrane anchoring of proteins in eukaryotes, little is known about their …

Methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is resistant to most β‐lactams due to
the expression of an extra penicillin‐binding protein, PBP2a, with low β‐lactam affinity. It has …

Studies of essential genes in bacteria are often hampered by the lack of accessible genetic
tools. This is also the case for Lactobacillus plantarum , a key species in food and health …

… Strangeland and Salehian … Stangeland and Z. Salehian. The authors also would like to
thank Odd-Arne Olsen and Reidunn B. Aalen for critically reviewing the manuscript. …

The oval shape of pneumococci results from a combination of septal and lateral peptidoglycan
synthesis. The septal cross‐wall is synthesized by the divisome, while the elongasome …

… into a ring structure (Z-ring) located at the future division site. The Z-ring then serves as a
scaffold … Positioning and timing of Z-ring assembly and cell wall synthesis are dependent on the …

Aureocin A53 is an antimicrobial peptide produced by Staphylococcus aureus A53. The
genetic determinants involved in aureocin A53 production and immunity to its action are …

Nukacin 3299 (formerly designated simulancin 3299), produced by a Staphylococcus simulans
strain involved in bovine mastitis in Brazil, is the first peptide bacteriocin described in this …