Fig. 7: Recapitulation of MuLDi-specific genetic changes in the rod-shaped Neisseriaceae N. elongata.
From: Evolution of longitudinal division in multicellular bacteria of the Neisseriaceae family
a Scanning Electron Microscopy of N. elongata (rpsL*) wild-type (left panels) or harboring multiple deletions (Δdgt, ΔgloB, ΔmraZ, ΔrapZ, right panels), with or without the mreBNe/merBSm allelic exchange, with or without the addition of cdsA-amiC2. The results are representative of at least three independent analyses. b N. elongata (rpsL*) wild-type (left) or harboring the mreBNe/merBSm allelic exchange and cdsA-amiC2 (right) and c median length of the septum (n = 170 biologically independent cells) and of the cell axis perpendicular to the septum (n = 340 biologically independent cells) in N. elongata (rpsL*), wild-type (left) or harboring the mreBNe/merBSm allelic exchange and cdsA-amiC2 (right). Data are presented with the median and are representative of at least two independent experiments. Statistical test used was Unpaired Two-Tailed T test (***p < 0.001). Source data and statistics are provided as a Source Data file. d Schematic representation of a septating wild-type (rpsL*) N. elongata (left) and of N. elongata harboring the mreBNe/merBSm allelic exchange and cdsA-amiC2 (right). Scale bar is 1 µm.
