Carbon density in growing E. coli cells, and in several other growing cultures

Range <100 fg C/µm^3
Organism bacteria
Reference Braun S et al., Size and Carbon Content of Sub-seafloor Microbial Cells at Landsort Deep, Baltic Sea. Front Microbiol. 2016 Aug 31 7: 1375. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01375 p.10 left column top paragraphPubMed ID27630628
Primary Source Fagerbakke, K. M., Heldal, M., and Norland, S. (1996). Content of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur and phosphorus in native aquatic and cultured bacteria. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 10, 15–27. doi: 10.3354/ame010015
Method Primary source abstract: "The content of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and sulfur was measured in individual cells from 6 native aquatic samples and 4 samples of cultured bacteria by X-ray microanalysis using a transmission electron microscope (TEM)."
Comments P.10 left column top paragraph: "For comparison, the carbon density in growing E. coli cells, and in several other growing cultures, is typically < 100 fg C/μm^3 (primary source)." fg C=10^-15 grams Carbon
Entered by Uri M
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