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J Bacteriol, May 1998, p. 2564-2567, Vol. 180, No. 9
0021-9193/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
Division Planes Alternate in Spherical Cells of
Escherichia coli
K. J.
Begg and
W. D.
Donachie*
Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology,
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, Scotland
Received 26 November 1997/Accepted 25 February 1998
In the spherical cells of Escherichia coli rodA
mutants, division is initiated at a single point, from which a furrow
extends progressively around the cell. Using "giant" rodA
ftsA cells, we confirmed that each new division furrow is
initiated at the midpoint of the previous division plane and runs
perpendicular to it.
*
Corresponding author. Mailing address: I.C.M.B., Darwin
Building, King's Buildings, Mayfield Rd., Edinburgh EH9 3JR, Scotland. Phone: 0131 650 5354. Fax: 0131 650 8650. E-mail:
William.Donachie{at}ed.ac.uk.
J Bacteriol, May 1998, p. 2564-2567, Vol. 180, No. 9
0021-9193/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
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