Genetic Screens Identify Additional Genes Implicated in Envelope Remodeling during the Engulfment Stage of Bacillus subtilis Sporulation

Helena Chan (1) , Najwa Taib (2, 3) , Kieran Hanna (1) , Johana Luhur (1) , Hieu Nguyen (1) , Elham Hafiz (1) , Felipe Cava (4) , David Rudner (5)

1 UTS - University of Technology Sydney
2 Biologie Évolutive de la Cellule Microbienne - Evolutionary Biology of the Microbial Cell
3 Hub Bioinformatique et Biostatistique - Bioinformatics and Biostatistics HUB
4 Umeå University
5 HMS - Harvard Medical School [Boston]

In bacteria, cell envelope remodeling is critical for cell growth and division. This is also the case during the development of bacteria into highly resistant endospores (spores), known as sporulation.

Keywords: sporulation; engulfment; peptidoglycan; peptidoglycan remodeling; cell envelope; morphogenesis; spores

Domains: Molecular biology

Helena Chan, Najwa Taib, Kieran Hanna, Johana Luhur, Hieu Nguyen, et al.. Genetic Screens Identify Additional Genes Implicated in Envelope Remodeling during the Engulfment Stage of Bacillus subtilis Sporulation. mBio, 2022, pp.e0173222. ⟨10.1128/mbio.01732-22⟩. ⟨pasteur-03824154⟩