Daptomycin Binds to Certain Areas of the Cell Envelope (IMAGE)

University of Bonn

Daptomycin Binds to Certain Areas of the Cell Envelope

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Daptomycin binds to certain areas of the cell envelope of the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, which are particularly vulnerable. The fluorescence-labelled Daptomycin glows green. These are the areas where the cells are currently dividing.

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© Fabian Grein

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