Crucial role for central carbon metabolism in the bacterial L-form switch and killing by β-lactam antibiotics

Yoshikazu Kawai (1) , Romain Mercier (2) , Katarzyna Mickiewicz (1) , Agnese Serafini (3) , Luiz Pedro Sório de Carvalho (3) , Jeff Errington (1)

1 Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, The Medical School Newcastle University
2 LCB - Laboratoire de chimie bactérienne
3 Mycobacterial Metabolism and Antibiotic Research Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]

Yoshikazu Kawai, Romain Mercier, Katarzyna Mickiewicz, Agnese Serafini, Luiz Pedro Sório de Carvalho, et al.. Crucial role for central carbon metabolism in the bacterial L-form switch and killing by β-lactam antibiotics. Nature Microbiology, 2019, 4 (10), pp.1716-1726. ⟨10.1038/s41564-019-0497-3⟩. ⟨hal-02333335⟩