Growth conditions regulate the requirements for Caulobacter chromosome segregation.

Publication Year
2009

Type

Journal Article
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.

Journal
J Bacteriol
Volume
191
Issue
3
Pages
1097-100
Date Published
02/2009
ISSN Number
1098-5530
Alternate Journal
J. Bacteriol.
PMID
19028887