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Analysis of nucleoid shape during germination and outgrowth of wild-type spores. Wild-type spores of B. megaterium were germinated; samples were taken at the times indicated, fixed, and stained with DAPI; and nucleoids were visualized by fluorescence microscopy as described in Materials and Methods. The arrow points to a bar-shaped nucleoid. The scale bar is 5 μm.
