Fig. 4: Elongation of O-Polysaccharide Preventing the Insertion of MAC
into the Cell Wall of Gram-Negative Bacteria

Some gram-negative bacteria lengthen the LPS O-polysaccharide preventing MAC from lysing the bacterium.


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