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Mutants of mltG show a higher rate of PG turnover. N. gonorrhoeae strains were labeled with [6,3H]-glucosamine and grown in log phase for 4h. At each time-point, cells were removed, the PG in the sacculi was extracted, and radiation measured to determine the amount of original PG remaining in the cell wall. Observations revealed that the mltG deletion (ΔmltG) had significantly less original PG remaining as compared with WT or complement. * p<0.05
