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Table 1 Statistical analysis of the cell length

From: A plant MinD homologue rescues Escherichia coli HL1 mutant (ΔMinDE) in the absence of MinE

Genotype

IPTG

Minicell (%)

2–5 μm (%)

5–10 μm (%)

>10 μm (%)

DH5α

0 μM

2.6 ± 1.0

97.4 ± 1.0

0

0

HL1

0 μM

30.5 ± 1.0

38.1 ± 2.2

29.0 ± 1.6

2.4 ± 0.3

RC1

0 μM

41.5 ± 3.4

50.4 ± 2.0

7.0 ± 2.4

1.1 ± 0.8

HL1 with EcMinDE

20 μM

0.7 ± 0.3

96.8 ± 0.6

2.3 ± 0.3

0.2 ± 0.0

HL1 with AtMinD

0 μM

40.5 ± 3.1

51.3 ± 3.0

5.6 ± 0.7

2.6 ± 2.3

HL1 with AtMinD

50 μM

8.7 ± 0.8

87.4 ± 2.5

3.9 ± 1.8

0

HL1 with EcMinD

20 μM

0

0

0

100

RC1 with AtMinD

50 μM

31.5 ± 1.5

48.8 ± 1.3

16 ± 4.4

5.5 ± 2.8

HL1 with AtMinD-GFP

50 μM

12.5 ± 2.4

78.6 ± 2.5

7.6 ± 1.1

1.3 ± 0.3

HL1 with GFP-AtMinD

50 μM

5.2 ± 1.5

91.5 ± 2.7

3.3 ± 1.3

0

  1. Shown above are the means ± S.D. obtained from 3 independent repeats. The number of the cells measured in each repeat is between 150 and 200.