FIG. 3.

Location of oriI in WT and in parAI-, parBI-, and parABI-deleted cells grown in a defined medium (M63 + 0.2% fructose + 0.1% Casamino Acids). (A) In this medium, cells usually showed from one to two foci (dark- and light-blue symbols, respectively) except in the case of parBI-deleted cells, which showed 12 three-focus cells and 1 four-focus cell (red symbols: about 11% of total cells). Black dashed lines show the mean position of the foci nearest to the abscissa from all cells, and it is at 0.059 for WT, 0.252 for ΔparAI, 0.210 for ΔparBI, and 0.267 for ΔparABI cells. Other details are the same as in Fig. 1B. (B) Distribution of cell numbers with different numbers of origin foci.