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BACTERIA in the genus Caulobacter have a life cycle with two distinct cell types1: a non-motile mother cell with a stalk extending from one cell pole, and a polarly flagellated swarmer cell which has no stalk. During the life cycle the mother cell elongates and divides to produce a swarmer at its non-stalked pole. The swarmer forms a holdfast at the base of its flagellum and, before division, produces a stalk from the same site. The synthesis of the stalk occurs at the cell-stalk junction2.
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STALEY, J., JORDAN, T. Crossbands of Caulobacter crescentus Stalks serve as Indicators of Cell Age. Nature 246, 155–156 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/246155a0
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