The bacterial cell division protein FtsZ polymerizes in a GTP-dependent manner to form a Z-ring that marks the plane of division. As a validated antimicrobial target, considerable efforts have been devoted to identify small molecule FtsZ inhibitors.
In a sense, the sea waybill is similar the bill of lading, which is the main shipping document. The sea waybill is important because it serves an alternative for a bill of lading for the purposes of shipping goods and having someone collect the goods on arrival at the destination port.
Although sea anemones risk being damaged or dislodged by drag forces, they depend upon the seawater moving over them to bring food, flush away waste products, and disperse gametes. Giant plumose anemones Metridium farcimen are flexible and, like the proverbial willow, bend readily in currents and thus reduce drag forces that may tend to rip them from attachment to the substratum.