The Role of the Cell Wall in Host-Microbe Interactions
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 July 2021) | Viewed by 12512
Special Issue Editor
Interests: peptidoglycan; cell envelope; beta-lactam; penicillin-binding protein; resistance; peptidoglycan binding protein; lysozyme; PG hydrolase; innate immunity; Nod-like receptors; Toll-like receptors
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the last three decades, due to the discovery of innate immune receptors, it has become apparent that microbes and hosts communicate constantly both during healthy symbiotic interactions as well as during pathogenesis. The cell wall of bacteria is directly exposed to the external environment and accessible to the host for interactions and detection. Hence, the bacterial cell wall has been at the center of the field since its emergence. The aim of this Special Issue is to publish the latest developments regarding the bacterial cell wall and its role in host‐microbe interactions during homeostasis, dysbiosis and pathogenesis. Contributions can be in the form of reviews of the literature as well as original work and may include, but are not limited to, cell wall biochemistry and physiology, surface structures involved in interactions, modifications of the cell wall to adapt to the host and to anti-biotherapy, and mechanisms of warfare among bacteria and with the host, etc.
Prof. Dr. Ivo Gomperts-Boneca
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Cell wall
- antibiotic
- antimicrobial peptide
- lysozyme
- innate immune receptor
- TLR
- NLR
- lipopolysaccharide
- lipoprotein
- peptidoglycan
- capsule
- polysaccharide
- adhesin
- pilus
- secretion system
- motility
- flagellum
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