Many large mammals, including humans and K selected individuals – Type I curve 

Many birds, small mammals, reptiles and some annual plants – Type II curve 

Many fish and marine invertebrates, r selected individuals - Type III curve

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In bacteria, MreB polymerizes and appears to move in patches around the circumference of the cell attached to the peptidoglycan synthesis machinery, includingPBP2.

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RodA is a member of the SEDS (shape, elongation, division, and sporulation) family present in all bacteria that have a peptidoglycan cell wall.

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fts mutants form long filaments because the septum that divides the daughter bacteria fails to form.

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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.