| Range |
6 to 8 %
|
| Organism |
Bacteria Escherichia coli |
| Reference |
Goodell EW, Schwarz U. Release of cell wall peptides into culture medium by exponentially growing Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol. 1985 Apr162(1):391-7. abstractPubMed ID2858468
|
| Method |
Loss of murein fragments is easily detected by labeling the
murein with an appropriate radioactive amino acid or amino
sugar and then measuring the loss of label from the murein
after transferring the cells to a medium without label. |
| Comments |
From the rate of release of three muropeptides, it was calculated that 6 to 8% of the murein in the sacculus was lost per generation. |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
106719 |