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Filamentation is the anomalous growth of certain bacteria, such as Escherichia coli, in which cells continue to elongate but do not divide (no septa formation). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The cells that result from elongation without division have multiple chromosomal copies.
Filamentation Filamentation allows bacteria to have more surface area for long-term attachments and can interlink themselves with porous surfaces. Caulobacter crescentus : in their niche (freshwater), filament is the regular shape that contributes to their resistance to heat and survival.
A lactose analog is added to the bacteria, which is then degraded by beta-galactosidase, thereby producing a colored compound which can be measured quantitatively through spectrophotometry. The degree of color development is an indirect measure of the beta-galactosidase produced, which itself is directly related to the amount of DNA damage.
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Inhibition of FtsZ disrupts septum formation, resulting in filamentation of bacterial cells (top right of electron micrograph).. During cell division, FtsZ is the first protein to move to the division site, and is essential for recruiting other proteins that produce a new cell wall between the dividing cells.
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Bacterial cell wall synthesis is essential to growth, cell division (thus reproduction) and maintaining the cellular structure in bacteria. [2] Inhibition of PBPs leads to defects in cell wall structure and irregularities in cell shape, for example filamentation , pseudomulticellular forms, lesions leading to spheroplast formation, and eventual ...