Superbugs are known as Gram negative bacteria that are causing a global health crisis.According to the Centers for Disease Control at least 2 million people contract and antibotic resistance infection. because there are no antibiotics for some gram negative infections, Kahne says that "learning how the outer membrane is assembled and how to interfer with assembly has major medical implications". Within the cytoplasm the molecule ATP provided enough energy to produce the LPS building blocks and move them around the cell.Therefore the more that scientist know how gram-negative bacteria build there outer membrane the closer they will get to dismantling there defense.