title: A spatial relationship between sheath elongation and cell proliferation in Sphaerotilus natans.
abstract: Sphaerotilus natans is a filamentous sheath-forming bacterium. A method of selective fluorescent-labeling of its sheath using conventional reagents was developed. Terminal expansion of the sheath was confirmed by this method. In addition, ubiquitous cell growth was revealed by sequential phase-contrast microscopy of a filament. Based on this and earlier reports, a model of the sheath formation is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan. mtake@ynu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Minoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: Takuto
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Umezu
authors.forename: Yuta
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
authors.forename: Shoichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shimura
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: Jun-ichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Koizumi
mesh_terms: D049109:Cell Proliferation; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D042744:Sphaerotilus / Q000166:cytology*