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SUBMITTER: Joyce G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3438161 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20120910 9
Mycobacteria are members of the actinomycetes that grow by tip extension and lack apparent homologues of the known cell division regulators found in other rod-shaped bacteria. Previous work using static microscopy on dividing mycobacteria led to the hypothesis that these cells can grow and divide asymmetrically, and at a wide range of sizes, in contrast to the cell growth and division patterns observed in the model rod-shaped organisms. In this study, we test this hypothesis using live-cell time ...[more]