Minimization of the Bacillus subtilis divisome suggests FtsZ and SepF can form an active Z-ring, and reveals the amino acid transporter BraB as a new cell division influencing factor

• Ilkay Celik Gulsoy ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ilkay Celik Gulsoy, Terrens N. V. Saaki

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0955-5032

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• Terrens N. V. Saaki ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ilkay Celik Gulsoy, Terrens N. V. Saaki

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Bacterial Cell Biology and Physiology, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7318-1784

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• Michaela Wenzel,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization

  Affiliation Bacterial Cell Biology and Physiology, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9969-6113

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• Simon Syvertsson,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation

  Affiliation Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3677-9375

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• Taku Morimoto,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara, Japan

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• Tjalling K. Siersma,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization

  Affiliation Bacterial Cell Biology and Physiology, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Leendert W. Hamoen

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: l.w.hamoen@uva.nl

  Affiliations Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom, Bacterial Cell Biology and Physiology, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9251-1403

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