Table 1.
Morphological phenotypes of an E. coli wecE mutant
Genotypea | Temp (°C) | No. of cells evaluated | Avg. length, μm, (SD) | Avg. width, μm (SD) | % cells with indicated no. of constrictions
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0 | 1 | >1 | |||||
WT | 25 | 323 | 4.4 (1.2) | 1.1 (0.1) | 76 | 24 | 0 |
30 | 335 | 4.5 (1.1) | 1.1 (0.1) | 72 | 28 | 0 | |
37 | 284 | 4.3 (1.0) | 1.2 (0.1) | 68 | 32 | 0 | |
ΔwecE | 25 | 308 | 5.8 (4.0) | 1.2 (0.1) | 73 | 27 | 0 |
30 | 281 | 6.9 (4.5) | 1.3 (0.1) | 66 | 33 | 1 | |
37 | 315 | 7.5 (5.2) | 1.5 (0.2) | 71 | 28 | 1 |
Strains: MAJ3 (WT) and MAJ73 (ΔwecE).