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==In bacteria== [[File:Divisome.jpg|thumb|400x400px|Divisome and elongasome complexes responsible for peptidoglycan synthesis during lateral cell-wall growth and division.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Hugonnet JE, Mengin-Lecreulx D, Monton A, den Blaauwen T, Carbonnelle E, Veckerlé C, Brun YV, van Nieuwenhze M, Bouchier C, Tu K, Rice LB, Arthur M | display-authors = 6 | title = Escherichia coli | journal = eLife | volume = 5 | date = October 2016 | pmid = 27767957 | pmc = 5089857 | doi = 10.7554/elife.19469 | first8 = V. | first9 = Michael van | doi-access = free }}</ref>]] Bacterial cell division happens through [[binary fission]] or through [[budding]]. The [[divisome]] is a protein complex in bacteria that is responsible for cell division, constriction of inner and outer membranes during division, and remodeling of the [[peptidoglycan]] cell wall at the division site. A tubulin-like protein, [[FtsZ]] plays a critical role in formation of a contractile ring for the cell division.<ref>Cell Division: The Cycle of the Ring, Lawrence Rothfield and Sheryl Justice, [https://www.cell.com/fulltext/S0092-8674(00)81899-1#:~:text=The%20bacterial%20cell%20cycle%20can,to%20cytokinesis%20and%20cell%20separation. CELL], [https://doi.org/10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81899-1 DOI]</ref>
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