An ancient divide in outer membrane tethering systems in Bacteria
J. Witwinowski, A. Sartori-Rupp, N. Taib, N. Pende, T. N. Tham, D. Poppleton, J.-M. Ghigo, C. Beloin, S. Gribaldo
The paper investigates the evolution of outer membrane tethering systems in bacteria, showing a bimodal distribution linked to phylogeny and proposing a mechanism for the loss of the outer membrane in Gram-positive bacteria.
bioRxiv · May 31, 2021 · PreprintMicrobiology