Cell elongation and septation are two mutually exclusive processes in Escherichia coli

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 152-159

  Canepari, Pietro ^a   Signoretto, Caterina ^a   Boaretti, Marzia ^a   Lleò, Maria Del Mar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lactam antibiotics; Bacterial shape; Escherichia coli; Peptidoglycan

Indexed keywords

AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; MECILLINAM; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMDINOCILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZTREONAM; CELL CYCLE; CELL WALL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MONOBACTAMS; MORPHOGENESIS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0030742717     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050481     Document Type: Article

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