Essential gene deletions producing gigantic bacteria

• Jeannie Bailey,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Julie Cass,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9829-194X

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• Joe Gasper,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Ngoc-Diep Ngo,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Paul Wiggins,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Colin Manoil

  Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: manoil@uw.edu

  Affiliation Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6773-3434

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