Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) occurs in all plants, Peas, for example, contain 4-chloroindole-3-acetic acid. Mustards and corn contain indole-3- butyric acid (IBA).

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Minicells form in mutants that produce too many septa; they are small and lack DNA.  

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Anucleate cells of normal size are generated by partition mutants, in which the duplicate chromosomes fail to separate.

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Long filaments form when septum formation is inhibited, but chromosome replication is unaffected.

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Minicells form when septum formation occurs too frequently or in the wrong place, with the result that one of the new daughter cells lacks a chromosome. 

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he gene ftsZ plays a central role in division. Mutations in ftsZ block septum formation and generate filaments.

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FtsZ functions at an early stage of septum formation. Early in the division cycle, FtsZ is localized throughout the cytoplasm, but prior to cell division.