For other uses, see Filament.
Filamentation is the anomalous growth of certain bacteria, such as E. coli, in which cells continue to elongate but do not divide (no septa formation). Bacterial filamentation is a defect in completing replication and is observed in bacteria responding to a various stresses. This may happen, for example, while responding to extensive DNA damage through the SOS response system. Nutritional change may also cause bacterial filamentation.
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