Lipopolysaccharide insertion and vesicle mediated turnover drive growth independent outer membrane adaptation in Escherichia coli
The Gram-negative outer membrane is a load-bearing permeability barrier dependent on ordered lipopolysaccharide (LPS) packing in its outer leaflet. How this organisation is maintained after LPS insertion, and whether bacteria can remodel LPS independently of growth, remain unclear. Existing models attribute LPS tur...