Our view of the complexity of the Gram-positive bacterial cell envelope has altered considerably
in recent years, with the recognition of the presence of a variety of proteins retained by …

… lipoproteins is widespread in the genus Streptomyces with up to 20% of putative lipoproteins
being exported via Tat in the four currently sequenced Streptomyces species (MIH and ICS, …

Improved understanding of the bacterial phylogenetic tree has allowed the distinction of at
least 25 phyla with cultured representatives. This review surveys the diversity of cell envelope …

… LR, LMR-R, RR-M., ICS and SNV, and the results were compiled by WBW First drafts of
portions of the Supplementary Information were written by WBW, MC, ICS, SNV, BPH, LMR-R …

An 11-kilobase gene region of Streptococcus mutans has been identified which contains
eight contiguous genes involved with the uptake and metabolism of multiple sugars (the msm …

Fourteen years have passed since the International Committee on Systematics of
Prokaryotes (ICSP) at its plenary meeting in

The assembly of single-amplified genomes (SAGs) and metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs)
has led to a surge in genome-based discoveries of members affiliated with Archaea …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis remains the predominant bacterial scourge of mankind.
Understanding of its biology and pathogenicity has been greatly advanced by the determination of …

… (Sutcliffe, Black and Harrington 2008); proteins required for lipid carrier activation and
peptidoglycan anchoring of GBC seemed to be encoded elsewhere on the genome (Sutcliffe, …

… ) in ABC transporter systems; in antibiotic resistance; in cell signalling; in protein export
and folding; in sporulation and germination; in conjugation and various other functions (Sutcliffe …