A biphasic growth model for cell pole elongation in mycobacteria

Mycobacteria grow by inserting new cell wall material at the cell poles. Here, Hannebelle et al. combine time-lapse optical and atomic force microscopy to show that single-cell growth is biphasic due to a lag phase of variable duration before the new pole transitions from slow to fast growth.

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Main Authors: Mélanie T. M. Hannebelle, Joëlle X. Y. Ven, Chiara Toniolo, Haig A. Eskandarian, Gaëlle Vuaridel-Thurre, John D. McKinney, Georg E. Fantner
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/279dac6af8c34a219b5d035d89c2b05c
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Summary:Mycobacteria grow by inserting new cell wall material at the cell poles. Here, Hannebelle et al. combine time-lapse optical and atomic force microscopy to show that single-cell growth is biphasic due to a lag phase of variable duration before the new pole transitions from slow to fast growth.