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SUBMITTER: Batt SM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7502851 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Batt Sarah M SM Burke Christopher E CE Moorey Alice R AR Besra Gurdyal S GS
Cell surface (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 20200902
<i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i>, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis, is the global leading cause of mortality from an infectious agent. Part of this success relies on the unique cell wall, which consists of a thick waxy coat with tightly packed layers of complexed sugars, lipids and peptides. This coat provides a protective hydrophobic barrier to antibiotics and the host's defences, while enabling the bacterium to spread efficiently through sputum to infect and survive within the macro ...[more]