What is it about?
"Conventional wisdom" teaches us "one mother bacterium divides into two daughter bacteria". My study presented in this experimental research paper challenged this textbook dogma by showing solid evidence that one mother bacterium reproduces one and more daughter bacteria while itself remains alive but becomes older.
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Why is it important?
A true knowledge on relationship between two cells derived from one cell holds a key for understanding cellular lives. Recognizing a parent-child or, in other words, a mother-daughter relationship between two cells derived from one cell sets cell biology on a correct foundation that is essential for all aspects of life science.
Perspectives
Invalidating “one mother two daughters” cell division dogma and embracing “mother-daughter”cell reproduction reality will end a man-made dichotomy in biology between macrobial-and microbial-life forms and led to a natural unification of life science under some common principles. This Copernicus-type pioneering discovery will fundamentally change many perspectives on life science and usher in a new horizon for biomedical researches.
Dr. Shi V. Liu
Eagle Institute of Molecular Medicine
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This page is a summary of: Tracking bacterial growth in liquid media and a new bacterial life model, Science in China Series C Life Sciences, December 1999, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/bf02881583.
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