(en) How a bacterium coordinates the assembly of its outer layers, and couples the formation of this envelope to cell growth and division, is not fully understood. Assessing the role of peptidoglycan molecules provides some answers.
Deghelt, M., & Collet, J.-F. (2022). Bacterial envelope built to a peptidoglycan tune. Nature, 606(7916), 866-867. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-01739-3 (Original work published 2022)