Relative volume fractions of daughter cells after division.

<p>(A) Wild type (BW25113), (B) Δ<i>minC</i> (JW1165), (C) Δ<i>slmA</i> Δ<i>minC</i> (PB194) strains. Volume fractions are calculated as the ratio of one daughter cell's volume to the sum of both daughters' volumes. Red dashed lines in the histogram show fittings of different peaks with a Gaussian function. The centers of fitting lines are fixed to 1/4, 1/3, 1/2, 2/3 and 3/4 values. The insets in the histograms show fluorescent images of cells from the respective strains. The arrow in the inset of panel (B) points to a minicelling division. All scale bars correspond to 2 µm.