FIG. 4.

Localization of SMC and ParB proteins in the aerial hyphae. (A) Immunolocalization of SMC protein in a strain expressing ParB-EGFP fusion protein. The strain was grown for 44 h on solid minimal medium. SMC immunofluorescence is visible as red, ParB-EGFP as green, and cell walls in grey scale. The alphanumerical abbreviations indicate developmental stages as shown in panel B. Scale bar, 5 μm. (B) Developmental stages. Table shows percentages of aerial hyphae falling into specific developmental subclasses (100% = 102 apical compartments). Boldface indicates the most frequently observed stages.