title: The chlamydial anomaly clarified?
abstract: Getting visible: A new method to label bacterial cell walls shows the presence of functional peptidoglycan in the important pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis. This might clarify the long-standing paradox of the "chlamydial anomaly".
authors.affiliation: Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht (The Netherlands).
authors.forename: Tamimount
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mohammadi
authors.forename: Eefjan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Breukink
mesh_terms: D002473:Cell Wall / Q000737:chemistry*; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000737:chemistry*; D004151:Dipeptides / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D015335:Molecular Probes / Q000737:chemistry; D010457:Peptidoglycan / Q000032:analysis*; D013194:Staining and Labeling / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D004151:Dipeptides; D015335:Molecular Probes; D010457:Peptidoglycan
keywords: Chlamydia; cell walls; labeling; peptidoglycans