The final step in a bacteriophage infection cycle, lysis and release of progeny virions from the host, requires destruction of the bacterial cell envelope, which in Gram-negative bacteria, includes the cytoplasmic membrane, the cell wall (peptidoglycan), and the outer membrane. For the simple, ubiquitous lytic single-strand RNA and DNA phages, lysis is effected by theLearn More…
Bacterial cell wall: Phages breaking free
Work by Chamakura et al. was highlighted in Nature Chemical Biology
Lysis Mechanism and Depolymerase Activity of Acinetobacter Podophage Petty
Work by Hernandez-Morales et al. was included in article spotlights of J. Virol.