Reassessment of the distinctive geometry of Staphylococcus aureus cell division

oleh: Bruno M. Saraiva, Moritz Sorg, Ana R. Pereira, Mário J. Ferreira, Léo C. Caulat, Nathalie T. Reichmann, Mariana G. Pinho

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2020-08-01

Deskripsi

Staphylococcus aureus is thought to divide in three alternating orthogonal planes over three consecutive divisions. Here the authors dispel this idea, showing that one out of the multiple planes perpendicular to the septum can be used in daughter cells irrespective of its orientation in relation to the penultimate division plane.