Varying division planes of secondary constrictions in spheroidal Escherichia coli cells

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1015-1022

  Zaritsky, Arieh ^a   Woldringh, Conrad L ^b   Fishov, Itzhak ^a   Vischer, Norbert O E ^b   Einav, Monica ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Division planes; Electron microscopy; Fluorescence; Nucleoid segregation; Thymine limitation

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; DEOXYGUANOSINE; MECILLINAM; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHEROID CELL; STAINING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032920096     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-5-1015     Document Type: Article

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