Division site positioning in bacteria: one size does not fit all.

Spatial regulation of cell division in bacteria has been a focus of research for decades. It has been well studied in two model rod-shaped organisms, Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis, with the general belief that division site positioning occurs as a result of the combination of two negative r...

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Main Authors: Leigh Graham Monahan, Andrew Tze Fui Liew, Amy Louise Bottomley, Elizabeth Jane Harry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00019/full