On the origin of membrane vesicles in Gram-negative bacteria
- 15 June 1998
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Microbiology Letters
- Vol. 163 (2) , 223-227
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0378-1097(98)00147-5
Abstract
It is proposed that the genesis of extracellular membrane vesicles in Gram-negative bacteria is a result of cell wall turnover. Peptidoglycan turnover would cause a turgor on the outer membrane, causing the outer membrane to bulge and finally bleb. Mechanical motion would then shear the blebs into the culture medium.Keywords
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