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Abstract

Some rod-shaped bacteria, including , exhibit cell filamentation without septum formation under high-hydrostatic-pressure conditions, indicating that the cell-division process is affected by hydrostatic pressure. The effects of elevated pressure on FtsZ-ring formation in cells were examined using indirect immunofluorescence microscopy. Elevated pressure of 40 MPa completely inhibited colony formation of cells under the cultivation conditions used, and the cells exhibited obviously filamentous shapes. In the elongated cells, normal cell-division processes appeared to be inhibited, because no FtsZ rings were observed by indirect immunofluorescent staining. In addition, it was observed that hydrostatic pressure dissociated the FtsZ polymers . These results suggest that high hydrostatic pressure directly affects cell survival and morphology through the dissociation of the cytoskeletal frameworks.

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