Regulation of cell size in response to nutrient availability

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Organism Bacteria Escherichia coli
Reference Yao Z, Davis RM, Kishony R, Kahne D, Ruiz N Regulation of cell size in response to nutrient availability by fatty acid biosynthesis in Escherichia coli. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Aug 20. p.6 table 4PubMed ID22908292
Method Cells were grown into early exponential phase and transferred onto agarose pads for phase-contrast imaging on an inverted Nikon TE2000-E microscope.
Comments When rod-shaped E. coli and Salmonella change cell size in response to nutrients, they change both length and width. See notes beneath table
Entered by Uri M
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