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In presenting an overview of this subject, I will limit my remarks to the situation in E. coli. The discussion is divided into two parts.
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Park, J.T. (1993). An Overview of the Assembly, Turnover and Recycling of the Murein Sacculus. In: de Pedro, M.A., Höltje, JV., Löffelhardt, W. (eds) Bacterial Growth and Lysis. Federation of European Microbiological Societies Symposium Series, vol 65. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9359-8_14
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