Cell volume in exponential culture for glucose minimal medium at a growth rate of 1.3 doublings/hour at 37°C

Value 0.75 μm^3
Organism Bacteria Escherichia coli
Reference Liang S, Bipatnath M, Xu Y, Chen S, Dennis P, Ehrenberg M, Bremer H. Activities of constitutive promoters in Escherichia coli. J Mol Biol. 1999 Sep 10 292(1):19-37. p.28 left column top paragraphPubMed ID10493854
Primary Source Bremer H. A stochastic process determines the time at which cell division begins in Escherichia coli. J Theor Biol. 1986 Feb 7 118(3):351-65.PubMed ID3520150
Method Electron microscopy
Comments "...the average cell volumes in exponential cultures [is] (primary source) 0.75µm^3 for glucose minimal medium at a growth rate of 1.3 doublings/hour at 37°C, based on electron microscopy ..."
Entered by Uri M
ID 110040