Pathogenic Chlamydia Lack a Classical Sacculus but Synthesize a Narrow, Mid-cell Peptidoglycan Ring, Regulated by MreB, for Cell Division

• George Liechti ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: George Liechti, Erkin Kuru

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Erkin Kuru ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: George Liechti, Erkin Kuru

  Current address: Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

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• Mathanraj Packiam,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Yen-Pang Hsu,

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

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• Srinivas Tekkam,

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

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• Edward Hall,

  Current address: Department of Chemistry, Hanover College, Hanover, Indiana, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

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• Jonathan T. Rittichier,

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

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• Michael VanNieuwenhze ,

  * E-mail: mvannieu@indiana.edu (MV); ybrun@indiana.edu (YVB); amaurelli@phhp.ufl.edu (ATM)

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

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• Yves V. Brun ,

  * E-mail: mvannieu@indiana.edu (MV); ybrun@indiana.edu (YVB); amaurelli@phhp.ufl.edu (ATM)

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

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• Anthony T. Maurelli

  * E-mail: mvannieu@indiana.edu (MV); ybrun@indiana.edu (YVB); amaurelli@phhp.ufl.edu (ATM)

  Current address: Emerging Pathogens Institute and Department of Environmental and Global Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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