Open AccessAsymmetric cell division of a triangular halophilic archaebacterium
Author(s) -
Hamamoto Tetsuo,
Takashina Tomonori,
Grant William D.,
Horikoshi Koki
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1988.tb03181.x
Subject(s) - cell division , halophile , division (mathematics) , biology , biophysics , cell , crystallography , chemistry , bacteria , biochemistry , genetics , arithmetic , mathematics
The cell division of the halophilic archaebacterium, Haloarcula japonicus , which has a characteristic triangular shape in high salt concentration media, was analysed by time lapse microscopic cinematography. Cell division on an agar medium occured on average every 3.7 h. Cell plates were laid down asymmetrically, generating triangular or rhomboid shape daughter cells which then separated. Cell plate formation was clearly observed because the cells are flat and thin enough to see through using a conventional light microscope.