TABLE 3.
Chaining phenotypes of mld mutants
| C. difficile strain | Total no. of cells or filamentsa | Overall lengthb (μm) | Cell lengthc (μm) | % of cells with indicated no. of septa per cell or filament |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4–5 | ≥6 | ||||
| Wild type | 970 | 8.5 ± 2.8 | 5.1 | 31 | 61 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| mldA::erm | 908 | 11.8 ± 4.5 | 4.3 | 8 | 38 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 3 |
| mldB::erm | 915 | 9.6 ± 3.6 | 4.3 | 13 | 54 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
a
At least 200 cells (or filaments of cells) of each strain were scored in 4 separate experiments, and data were pooled.
b
Data represent means ± standard deviations of the results determined with the pooled data set (end-to-end length of each cell [or each filament of the cell] regardless of the number of septa present).
c
Data represent the distance between the cell poles for an isolated cell or the distance between septa for a filament of a cell. Each cell or filament was measured, and the result was divided by the number of septa plus 1.