Median volume of cell in exponential phase

Value 0.33 μm^3 Range: ±0.05 Table - link μm^3
Organism Bacteria Staphylococcus aureus
Reference Maass S et al., Efficient, global-scale quantification of absolute protein amounts by integration of targeted mass spectrometry and two-dimensional gel-based proteomics. Anal Chem. 2011 Apr 1 83(7):2677-84. Supplementary information table S3 p.S18PubMed ID21395229
Method "Length and width of the cells were determined on the photographs with the help of ImageJ software. Volumes of cells were calculated assuming a cylinder and two hemispheres for the rod-shaped Bacillus cells. Cell size determination of S. aureus cells using scanning electron microscopy."
Comments See note beneath table
Entered by Uri M
ID 108448