Edit - Elife has the full publication here.
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...

2) we also see the constriction rate of the Z ring scales with the membrane tension, indicating ring constriction and septal synthesis occurs via a Brownian ratchet mechanism.

5/ Finally, our measurements indicate that the vast majority (99.9%) of the turgor pressure is held back by the cell wall, and that the membrane only resists 0.1% of the internal pressure.

4/ This points to a Brownian ratchet model for constriction, where membrane fluctuations at the tip of the septa create room for septal enzymes to insert new wall material, which then reinforces the inward fluctuation.

3/ Surprisingly, they found that once division starts, the rate of septal constriction increases as membrane tension decreases, indicating that membrane fluctuations, rather than cell wall synthesis, are limiting for cell division.

2/ By being able to modulate and measure tension, Diego and Lei found 1 that the condensation of FtsZ filaments (helped by FtsZ bundling proteins) works to overcome the membrane tension to bend it inward.

@christophstc.bsky.social

I can't believe I missed this. Congrats!

@cellforganized.bsky.social, @goleylab.bsky.social ‬ - I'm new to bluesky, can you repost?