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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Ojkic N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6742476 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
eLife 20190828
Rod-shaped bacterial cells can readily adapt their lengths and widths in response to environmental changes. While many recent studies have focused on the mechanisms underlying bacterial cell size control, it remains largely unknown how the coupling between cell length and width results in robust control of rod-like bacterial shapes. In this study we uncover a conserved surface-to-volume scaling relation in <i>Escherichia coli</i> and other rod-shaped bacteria, resulting from the preservation of ...[more]