Chromosome replication status and DNA content at any cell age in a bacterial cell cycle.

An algorithm is presented to determine the chromosome replication status, the rate of DNA synthesis per fork, and the amount of DNA in chromosome equivalents (G) per chromosome, per cell and per age throughout a bacterial cell cycle. This algorithm is the only attempt to study replication and the G value at any cell age since the general model of the bacterial cell cycle by Cooper and Helmstetter (1968, J. Mol. Biol. 31, 619-644). To help using it, two implementations are provided.