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Bactericidal Mechanisms of GMs
(A) Membrane and oxidative stress. Membrane stress mechanisms are in blue. Oxidative stress mechanisms are in green. The cell wall structure is from a Gram-negative bacterium. GMs can also damage Gram-positive bacteria via oxidative and membrane stress.
(B) Wrapping isolation of bacterial cells.
