Bacillus anthracis, the bacterium responsible for anthrax, has a complex cell wall structure that plays a crucial role in its survival and virulence. Central to this structure are cell wall ...

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Knut Drescher at the Biozentrum, University of Basel, discovered that fragments of the bacterial cell wall, so-called peptidoglycans, serve as an alarm signal indicating danger in the environment.

These compounds are small enough to pass through the bacterial cell wall. Glycerol can be converted into a glycolysis intermediate. The fatty acids can be catabolized and their fragments can ...