Bridges Across the Periplasmic Moat

Have you ever read Small Things Considered?  It is the Microbe Blog put out by American Society for Microbiology.  A recent blog describes how phages infect bacteria.  It seems that some icosahedral phages “grow” a tail after absorption.  These describe Gram negative bacteriophage, but Gram positive bacteria have a thicker peptidoglycan cell wall.  I wonder if any cryo EM has been taken on Mycobacteriophage adsorbing and infecting?

http://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2014/01/bridges-across-the-periplasmic-moat.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+schaechter+%28Small+Things+Considered%29

 

 

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About Adair

I am a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Biology. My research interests are in genomics and microbiology, especially S. aureus and bacteriophage. I am convinced that the best way to teach science is to do science and my current work includes transforming our introductory labs to Classroom Undergraduate Research Experiences in Biology (CURES in BIO).

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