Range |
~0.73 µm
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Organism |
Bacteria Escherichia coli |
Reference |
Guet CC et al., Minimally invasive determination of mRNA concentration in single living bacteria. Nucleic Acids Res. 2008 Jul36(12):e73. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkn329. p.4 right column 4th paragraphPubMed ID18515347
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Method |
p.4 right column 4th paragraph:"Next, [investigators] estimate the width of the E. coli cells as follows: [they] image polystyrene beads of known size (diameter = 1.0 µm) together with individual E. coli cells and compare the width of the cells to the size of the beads." |
Comments |
p.4 right column 4th paragraph:"[Investigators] find that the average width of the cells is ~0.73µm." |
Entered by |
Uri M |
ID |
111686 |