Table 1.

Strains and Plasmids.

Strain	Genotype	Induction	Source
B. subtilis 168	trpC2	–	Barbe et al., 2009
B. subtilis 1981	trpC2 minD::ermC amyE::spc Pxyl-gfp-minD	–	Marston et al., 1998
B. subtilis KS64	trpC2 amyE::spc Pxyl-gfp-minD	0.5% xyl	This work
B. subtilis 2020	trpC2 amyE::spc Pxyl-gfp-ftsZ	0.1% xyl	Stokes et al., 2005
B. subtilis YK405	trpC2 amyE::spc Pxyl.gfp-mreB	0.8% xyl	Kawai et al., 2009
S. aureaus RN4220	–	–	Kreiswirth et al., 1983