Table 2. Analysis of the effects of FtsZ overexpression on minicell and elongated cell phenotypes of wild-type C. jejuni and C. jejuni flhG D61A.
| Cell Lengtha | ||||
| Strain | <0.5 µm (minicells) | 0.5–1 µm | 1–2 µm | >2 µm |
| Wild-type | 1.5±0.2 | 1.9±1.3 | 92.4±2.7 | 4.3±1.5 |
| Wild-type/ftsZ b | 8.1±1.3 | 3.7±0.9 | 81.9±1.4 | 6.3±0.8 |
| flhGD61A | 1.0±0.3 | 1.2±0.2 | 73.9±5.8 | 23.9±5.5 |
| flhGD61A/ftsZ b | 2.3±0.2 | 2.8±0.9 | 85.9±1.4 | 9.0±0.8 |
a
The long axes of the cell bodies of individual bacteria were measured. The data are reported as percentage of the populations (± standard error) that had bodies between the indicated lengths.
b
The strain contained a plasmid to overexpress ftsZ in trans.