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The Dream of a Mycobacterium
12 Apr 2019
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ABSTRACT How do mycobacteria divide? Cell division has been studied extensively in the model rod-shaped bacteria Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis , but much less is understood about cell division in mycobacteria, a genus that includes the major human pathogens M. tuberculosis and M. leprae . In general, bacterial cell division requires the concerted effort of many proteins in both space and time to elongate...
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