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NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 6, Issue 3, Pages 222-233Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro1839
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- NCI NIH HHS [CA21765] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM34496] Funding Source: Medline
- NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE [P30CA021765] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES [R37GM034496, R01GM034496] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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The ability of bacteria to control the biophysical properties of their membrane phospholipids allows them to thrive in a wide range of physical environments. Bacteria precisely adjust their membrane lipid composition by modifying the types of fatty acids that are produced by the biosynthetic pathway and altering the structures of pre-existing phospholipids. The recycling of phospholipids that are used as intermediates in the biosynthesis of other major membrane components is also crucial to bilayer stability in dividing cells. Here, the principal genetic and biochemical processes that are responsible for membrane lipid homeostasis in bacteria are reviewed.
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