Table 1.
Characterized lipids of select gram-positive bacteria.
Fig 1.
Gram-positive membrane lipids at the host–pathogen interface.
Gram-positive bacteria utilize the cellular membrane during host–pathogen interactions. Modification of lipids protects against antimicrobials, scavenging host lipids and fatty acids provides protection against membrane stress and provides a form of membrane mimicry, and MVs carry a variety of cargo from the bacterial cell into the surrounding environment to interact with host cells. MprF; multiple peptide resistance factor, FakB; fatty acid kinase B, FakA; fatty acid kinase A, PlsX; phosphate acyltransferase, PlsC; 1-acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase. Figure made by BioRender.com.