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A Bacterium Learns Long Division

submitted by agwartney on November 15, 2012
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Tags: cell division , E. coli , ectosymbiotic , g-proteobacterium , Genetics , growth , long division , Physiology , small things considered , structure
Source: schaechter.asmblog.org
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The common picture of a dividing rod-shaped bacterium encompasses the positioning of the divisome, including an FtsZ-ring, in the cell center. This occurs after the cell has doubled its length without increasing its diameter. Conversely, increase in diameter without cell elongation would seem highly unlikely in a rod-shaped organism. Yet, this happens.

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