Table 1. Presence or absence of DNA in M. xanthus cells depleted of ParB.

rod-shape cells	time after vanillate removal ⇒	0 h	SD	24 h	SD	36 h	SD	48 h	SD
not dividing	with DNA	91.0%	2.3	95.1%	4.1	67.9%	7.9	60.9%	5.9
	without DNA	0.0%	0.0	0.2%	0.3	10.1%	4.4	21.6%	5.9
dividing	with DNA (in 2 compartments)	9.0%	2.3	3.9%	4.1	7.6%	3.3	8.1%	1.6
	without DNA (in 1 compartment)	0.0%	0.0	0.8%	0.2	14.4%	7.4	9.4%	2.3
	total number of cells observed	272		400		310		219

SD: standard deviation.