Cell Wall Polymers in Archaea (Archaebacteria)

Overview

Journal Cell Mol Life Sci

Publisher Springer

Specialty Biology

Date 1998 Jun 6

PMID 9614965

Citations 48

Authors

O Kandler

H Konig

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Abstract

The distribution of the various cell wall and cell envelope (S-layer) polymers among the main lineages of the domain Archaea (Archaebacteria) and the chemical composition and primary structure of polymers forming rigid cell wall sacculi is described. Differences between bacteria and archaea in their sensitivity to antibiotics which inhibit cell wall synthesis in bacteria are discussed.

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