Volumes of E. coli and V. natriegens, respectively

Range 3.8 and 3.5 in growing phase: 0.7and0.4 in stationary phase Table - link μm^3
Organism bacteria
Reference Kjell Magne Fagerbakke, Mikal Heldal, Svein Norland, Content of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur and phosphorus in native aquatic and cultured bacteria, Aquatic microbial ecology, 1996 Vol 10: 15-27 link p.17 table 1
Method Cellular values of volume, dry matter, and the elements carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and sulfur were measured in 404 single bacteria from 10 different sources, and the sample means are shown in table 1.
Comments Geometric means of single cell measurements with standard error. n: number of cells analyzed. Note-0.4µm^3 for V. natriegens in stationary phase given in p.19 right column bottom paragraph. 0.93µm^3 given in table 1. Difference in values not clear.
Entered by Uri M
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