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SUBMITTER: Yoshida M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4279887 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yoshida Mari M Tsuru Saburo S Hirata Naoko N Seno Shigeto S Matsuda Hideo H Ying Bei-Wen BW Yomo Tetsuya T
BMC evolutionary biology 20141217
<h4>Background</h4>In bacteria, cell size affects chromosome replication, the assembly of division machinery, cell wall synthesis, membrane synthesis and ultimately growth rate. In addition, cell size can also be a target for Darwinian evolution for protection from predators. This strong coupling of cell size and growth, however, could lead to the introduction of growth defects after size evolution. An important question remains: can bacterial cell size change and/or evolve without imposing a gr ...[more]