Abstract
Growth environments are important metabolic and developmental regulators. Here we demonstrate a growth environment-dependent effect on Caulobacter chromosome segregation of a small-molecule inhibitor of the MreB bacterial actin cytoskeleton. Our results also implicate ParAB as important segregation determinants, suggesting that multiple distinct mechanisms can mediate Caulobacter chromosome segregation and that their relative contributions can be environmentally regulated.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1097-1100 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of bacteriology |
Volume | 191 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2009 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Molecular Biology
- Microbiology