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| Title |
Size-independent symmetric division in extraordinarily long cells
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| Published in |
Nature Communications, September 2014
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| DOI | 10.1038/ncomms5803 |
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| Authors |
Nika Pende, Nikolaus Leisch, Harald R. Gruber-Vodicka, Niels R. Heindl, Jörg Ott, Tanneke den Blaauwen, Silvia Bulgheresi |
| Abstract |
Two long-standing paradigms in biology are that cells belonging to the same population exhibit little deviation from their average size and that symmetric cell division is size limited. Here, ultrastructural, morphometric and immunocytochemical analyses reveal that two Gammaproteobacteria attached to the cuticle of the marine nematodes Eubostrichus fertilis and E. dianeae reproduce by constricting a single FtsZ ring at midcell despite being 45 μm and 120 μm long, respectively. In the crescent-shaped bacteria coating E. fertilis, symmetric FtsZ-based fission occurs in cells with lengths spanning one order of magnitude. In the E. dianeae symbiont, formation of a single functional FtsZ ring makes this the longest unicellular organism in which symmetric division has ever been observed. In conclusion, the reproduction modes of two extraordinarily long bacterial cells indicate that size is not the primary trigger of division and that yet unknown mechanisms time the localization of both DNA and the septum. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 12 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 17% |
| United States | 2 | 17% |
| Belgium | 1 | 8% |
| Sweden | 1 | 8% |
| Germany | 1 | 8% |
| Austria | 1 | 8% |
| Denmark | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 3 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 8 | 67% |
| Members of the public | 3 | 25% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 68 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1 | 1% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| Czechia | 1 | 1% |
| France | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 64 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 23 | 34% |
| Researcher | 12 | 18% |
| Professor | 7 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 9 | 13% |
| Unknown | 7 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 28 | 41% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 17 | 25% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 5 | 7% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 3 | 4% |
| Environmental Science | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 6 | 9% |
| Unknown | 7 | 10% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 39. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 October 2022.
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#1,007,932
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#16,139
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#10,636
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#162
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