Fast Mechanically Driven Daughter Cell Separation Is Widespread in Actinobacteria

Fast Mechanically Driven Daughter Cell Separation Is Widespread in Actinobacteria

Dividing cells of the coccoid Gram-positive bacterium Staphylococcus aureus undergo extremely rapid (millisecond) daughter cell separation (DCS) driven by mechanical crack propagation, a strategy that is very distinct from the gradual, enzymatically driven cell wall remodeling process that has been...

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Main Authors: Xiaoxue Zhou, David K. Halladin, Julie A. Theriot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016-08-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/7/4/e00952-16

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