Bacterial chromosome segregation: New insights into non-binary replication and division

Kelley A Gallagher; Yves V Brun

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2021.07.032

Bacterial chromosome segregation: New insights into non-binary replication and division

Curr Biol. 2021 Sep 13;31(17):R1044-R1046. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.07.032.

Authors

Kelley A Gallagher¹, Yves V Brun²

Affiliations

¹ Département de Microbiologie, Infectiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal H3C 3J7, Canada.
² Département de Microbiologie, Infectiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal H3C 3J7, Canada. Electronic address: yves.brun@umontreal.ca.

PMID: 34520714
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.07.032

Abstract

Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus divides in a non-binary manner resulting in an even or odd number of progeny. A new study tracks the spatiotemporal dynamics of chromosome segregation in this species and shows that the process is dependent on the conserved ParA-ParB-parS system.

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MeSH terms

Bacteria / genetics
Bacterial Proteins* / genetics
Chromosome Segregation*
Chromosomes, Bacterial / genetics

Substances

Bacterial Proteins