Cytosolic Listeria monocytogenes (cyan‐green) are motile, as indicated by the long polymerized actin tails (red, in the center panel), which promotes cell‐to‐cell spreading. Motility is impeded (side panels) in mutants that lack a single wall teichoic acid decorating sugar. For details, see the article by Spears et al. on pp. 714–730 of this issue.

Abstract

Cytosolic <i>Listeria monocytogenes</i> (cyan‐green) are motile, as indicated by the long polymerized actin tails (red, in the center panel), which promotes cell‐to‐cell spreading. Motility is impeded (side panels) in mutants that lack a single wall teichoic acid decorating sugar. For details, see the article by Spears <i>et al</i>. on pp. 714–730 of this issue.