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Cartoon representation of the bacterial cell wall structure. (A) Gram-negative bacteria and (B) Gram-positive bacteria. For the legend, see panels C and D. (C) Chemical structure of the peptidoglycan unit. (D) Chemical structure of teichoic acid. (E) Synthesis of peptidoglycan. Proteins are shown as gray ellipses.
