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The murein (peptidoglycan) sacculus is the essential exoskeleton of all eubacteria (except Mycoplasma species and a few other species) that is needed to withstand the internal cytoplasmic turgor (osmotic) pressure (601, 782). Murein consists of oligo(GlcNAc-MurNAc) glycan strands that are
Vollmer et al. (2004) studied this question.