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J Bacteriol. 1985 August; 163(2): 661-668

Escherichia coli DNA distributions measured by flow cytometry and compared with theoretical computer simulations.

K Skarstad, H B Steen and E Boye

ABSTRACT

A computer simulation routine has been made to calculate the DNA distributions of exponentially growing cultures of Escherichia coli. Calculations were based on a previously published model (S. Cooper and C.E. Helmstetter, J. Mol. Biol. 31:519-540, 1968). Simulated distributions were compared with experimental DNA distributions (histograms) recorded by flow cytometry. Cell cycle parameters were determined by varying the parameters to find the best fit of theoretical to experimental histograms. A culture of E. coli B/r A with a doubling time of 27 min was found to have a DNA replication period (C) of 43 min and an average postreplication period (D) of 22 to 23 min. Similar cell cycle parameters were found for a 60-min B/r A culture. Initiations of DNA replication at multiple origins in one and the same cell were shown to be essentially synchronous. A slowly growing B/r A culture (doubling time, 5.5 h) had an average prereplication period (B) of 2.3 h; C = 2.4 h and D = 0.8 h. It was concluded the the C period has a constant duration of 43 min (at 37 degrees C) at fast growth rates (doubling times, less than 1 h) but increases at slow growth rates. Thus, our results obtained with unperturbed exponential cultures in steady state support the model of Cooper and Helmstetter which was based on data obtained with synchronized cells.

J Bacteriol. 1985 August; 163(2): 661-668




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