Table 1.

Summary of fts Z mutant phenotypes in S. aureus

Strain	Growth on solid media			Colony size	Cell morphology in liquid media		B. subtilis phenotype
	TSA	+ PC	+3MBA		DMSO	+ PC
WT	Yes	No	No	Normal	Normal	Balloons	–
FtsZ R191P	No	Yes	No	Small	Balloons, lysis	Abnormal	Lethal
FtsZ G193D	No	Yes	Yes	Small	Abnormal, lysis	Abnormal	Lethal
FtsZ G196A	Yes	Yes	No	Normal	Normal	Normal	PC/8JR,b
FtsZ V214F	Yes	Yes	Yes	Small	Abnormal	Abnormal	N.D.
FtsZ N263K	Yes	Yes	Yes	Normal	Normal	Normal	BenzamideR
FtsZ G266S	Yesa	Yes	Yes	Small	Abnormal	Abnormal	3‐MBAR

^aFor reasons that we do not understand, strain G266S grew equally well in the absence and presence of PC on solid media but exhibited a dependent phenotype in liquid media.

This work (G196S) and Haydon et al. (2008) (G196A).

N.D., not determined; R, resistant.