Table 1.

Summary of the experimentally measured variables.

Medium	b (min−1)	λ (min−1)	Lb (μm)	Ld (μm)	W (μm)	Lb/Ld	${\mathit{L}}_{\mathit{daughter}}/{\mathit{L}}_{\mathit{mother}}$	pHinitial	pHfinal
MM9	0.0033 ± 0.0010	0.0032	2.61 ± 0.31	4.35 ± 0.49	0.94 ± 0.04	0.60 ± 0.07	0.50 ± 0.03	8.39 ± 0.33	7.82 ± 0.24
LB	0.0083 ± 0.0011	0.0080	3.31 ± 0.54	5.72 ± 0.95	1.03 ± 0.07	0.58 ± 0.07	0.50 ± 0.02	8.29 ± 0.16	8.43 ± 0.16

Experiments were performed in LB only in the gel pad. Results obtained for G₁ and G₂ phase on each different surfaces (including gel pad) are averaged.