Chemists found a way to identify a complex sugar molecule in the cell walls of Mycobacterium ... tuberculosis has a really elaborate cell envelope compared to other bacteria, and it's a rich ...

Once established in the lungs, the bacteria's thick cell wall helps it to ... blocking the immune response. "Mycobacterium tuberculosis has a really elaborate cell envelope compared to other bacteria, ...

the most notorious and prevalent of which is Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis), the microbe that causes TB. After labeling the glycan, the researchers were able to visualize where it is ...