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[Cell division in the volume of Flavobacterium sp.22 colonies]
A P Puzyr'1, O A Mogil'naia, L S Tirranev
1Institute of Biophysics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
Mikrobiologiia
|April 25, 2000
Abstract:
Six-day-old colonies of Flavobacterium sp. 22 were studied by electron microscopy. Direct evidence was obtained of bacterial cell division across the entire colony volume, indicating that the colony growth of Flavobacterium sp. 22 is not purely peripheral. It is argued that the colony shape is determined not only by peripheral growth but also by physical forces acting upon a droplet of liquid on the surface. For bacterial colonies developing on solid nutrient media, the intercellular matrix plays the role of such a liquid.