{
  "id": 15125498,
  "title": "Diverse stresses converge on bacterial periplasmic expansion through distinct physiological mechanisms",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/diverse-stresses-converge-on-bacterial-periplasmic-expansion-through",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.15.758610v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Diverse environmental and antibiotic stresses induce localized periplasmic expansion, the separation of the inner membrane from the cell wall and outer membrane, in Gram-negative bacteria, yet whether these morphologically similar responses arise through a common mechanism remains unclear. Here, we compare periplasmic expansion induced by sudden starvation, ciprofloxacin, mitomycin C, and…",
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  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}