The bacterial cell envelope : a historical perspective / M.R.J. Salton -- Bacterial peptidoglycan : overview and evolving concepts / H. Labischinski, H. Maidhof -- Biosynthesis of the bacterial peptidoglycan unit / J. van Heijenoort -- Utilization of lipid-linked precursors and the formation of peptidoglycan in the process of cell growth and division : membrane enzymes involved in the final steps of peptidoglycan synthesis and the mechanism of their regulation / M. Matsuhashi -- Molecular biology of bacterial septation / J.A. Ayala [and others] -- Biochemistry of the penicilloyl serine transferases / J.-M. Ghuysen, G. Dive -- Microbial peptidoglycan (murein) hydrolases / G.D. Shockman, J.-V. Holtje -- Cell wall changes during bacterial endospore formation / C.E. Buchanan, A.O. Henriques, P.J. Piggot -- Teichoic acid synthesis in Bacillus subtilis : genetic organization and biological roles / H.M. Pooley, D. Karamata -- Lipoteichoic acids and lipoglycans / W. Fischer -- Cell-wall-associated proteins in gram-positive bacteria / M.A. Kehoe -- Molecular organization and structural role of outer membrane macromolecules / R.E.W. Hancock, D.N. Karunaratne, C. Bernegger-Egli -- Biosynthesis and assembly of lipopolysaccharide / P. Reeves -- Lipoproteins, structure, function, biosynthesis and model for protein export / V. Braun, H.C. Wu -- Structure-function relationships in porins as derived from a 1.8 Å resolution crystal structure / G.E. Schulz -- Structures of non-specific diffusion pores from Escherichia coli / S.W. Cowan, T. Schirmer -- The porin superfamily : diversity and common features / D. Jeanteur, J.H. Lakey, F. Pattus -- Outer membrane proteins of Escherichia coli : mechanism of sorting and regulation of synthesis / U. Henning, R. Koebnik -- Uptake of solutes through bacterial outer membranes / R. Benz -- Secretion of hemolysin and other proteins out of the Gram-negative bacterial cell / V. Koronakis, C. Hughes -- Periplasm / M.E. Bayer -- Transmembrane signal transducing proteins / M.G. Surette, J.B. Stock -- Mechanisms of chromosomal [beta]-lactamase induction in Gram-negative bacteria / S. Normark [and others] -- Induction of [beta]-lactamase and low-affinity penicillin binding protein 2' synthesis in Gram-positive bacteria / B. Joris, K. Hardt, J.-M. Ghuysen -- Resistance to [beta]-lactam antibiotics / B.G. Spratt -- Resistance to glycopeptide antibiotics / R. Hakenbeck -- Diffusion of inhibitors across the cell wall / H. Nikaido.