Evolution of cell division in bacteria |
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Authors: | J T Trevors |
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Institution: | (1) Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, Room 3220, Bovey Building, N1G 2W1 Guelph, Ont., Canada |
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Abstract: | Molecular evolution in bacteria is examined with an emphasis on cell division. For a bacterial cell to assemble and then divide
required an immense amount of integrated cell and molecular biology structures/functions to be present, such as a stable cellular
structure, enzyme catalysis, minimal genome, septum formation at mid-cell and mechanisms to take up nutrients and produce
and use energy, as well as store it. The first bacterial cell(s) capable of division must have had complex cell and molecular
biology functions. At this stage of evolution, they would not have been primitive cells but would have reached a threshold
in evolution where cell division occurred in a regulated manner. |
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Keywords: | Bacteria Cell division DNA Evolution FtsZ Septum Z-ring |
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