Author:
Meacock P A,Pritchard R H,Roberts E M
Abstract
Cells of a thymineless mutant of Escherichia coli B/r are shown to change their shape when the concentration of thymine in the growth medium is reduced. Electron micrographs of whole cells and isolated sacculi were used to make quantitative measurements of the changes in cell length and width which occur as a result of such a change in thymine concentration. The results showed that there is an increase in cell volume, which is due to an increase in cell width accompanied by a decrease in cell length. These changes were compared with the predictions of models which assume that cell shape is influenced by the chromosome replication cycle.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Molecular Biology,Microbiology
Cited by
22 articles.
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