Highlights • Weakened or absent peptidoglycan enables efficient bacterial sonolysis.• Bacteria without peptidoglycan are as sensitive to sonolysis as lipid vesicles.• Remodeling capsule or outer membrane has no effect on… Click to show full abstract
Highlights • Weakened or absent peptidoglycan enables efficient bacterial sonolysis.• Bacteria without peptidoglycan are as sensitive to sonolysis as lipid vesicles.• Remodeling capsule or outer membrane has no effect on bacterial sonolysis.• Non growing bacteria are 5 fold more resistant to sonolysis than growing bacteria.
               
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