The Mode of Cell Wall Growth in Selected Archaea Is Similar to the General Mode of Cell Wall Growth in Bacteria as Revealed by Fluorescent Dye Analysis

DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.21442

Wirth, Reinhard ; Bellack, Annett ; Bertl, Markus ; Bilek, Yvonne ; Heimerl, Thomas ; Herzog, Bastian ; Leisner, Madeleine ; Probst, Alexander ; Rachel, Reinhard ; Sarbu, Christina ; Schopf, Simone ; Wanner, Gerhard

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Abstract

The surfaces of 8 bacterial and 23 archaeal species, including many hyperthermophilic Archaea, could be stained using succinimidyl esters of fluorescent dyes. This allowed us for the first time to analyze the mode of cell wall growth in Archaea by subculturing stained cells. The data obtained show that incorporation of new cell wall material in Archaea follows the pattern observed for Bacteria: ...