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J. Bacteriol., Sep 1996, 5295-5301, Vol 178, No. 17
Copyright © 1996, American Society for Microbiology

Cell division gene ftsQ is required for efficient sporulation but not growth and viability in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)

JR McCormick and R Losick
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, The Biological Laboratories, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.

We show that the cell division gene ftsQ of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) is dispensable for growth and viability but is needed during development for the efficient conversion of aerial filaments into spores. Combined with our previous demonstration that ftsZ of S. coelicolor is not needed for viability, these findings suggest that cell division has been largely co-opted for development in this filamentous bacterium. This makes S. coelicolor an advantageous system for the study of cell division genes.


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