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The murein sacculus can be envisaged as a bacterial exoskeleton fulfilling mechanical and morphogenetic functions. Metabolism of the murein sacculus is an essential process that compares in complexity with chromosome replication and protein synthesis in bacteria (Höltje and Schwarz, 1985; Höltje and Tuomanen, 1991).
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Caparrós, M., Quintela, J.C., Leguina, J.I., de Pedro, M.A. (1993). Amino Acids as Useful Tools in the Study of Murein Metabolism in Escherichia coli . In: de Pedro, M.A., Höltje, JV., Löffelhardt, W. (eds) Bacterial Growth and Lysis. Federation of European Microbiological Societies Symposium Series, vol 65. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9359-8_17
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