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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Arrigucci R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5393624 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Arrigucci Riccardo R Pozzi Gianni G
PloS one 20170417 4
Bacterial cell division ends with the separation of the daughter cells, a process that requires peptidoglycan hydrolases (PGHs). Bacteria lacking cell separating PGHs are impaired in cell separation with the formation of long chains or clusters. We identified a gene in Streptococcus gordonii encoding for a putative glucosaminidase (lytB). The lytB isogenic mutant grew in long bacterial chains and resulted in impaired biofilm formation. Purified recombinant LytB showed a murolytic activity on Mic ...[more]