ReviewFEMS microbiology reviews2017
Thinking big: the tunability of bacterial cell size.
Review in FEMS microbiology reviews, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.
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22 citing papers in PubMed.
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- De-biasing microbiome sequencing data: bacterial morphology-based correction of extraction bias and correlates of chimera formation.Microbiome · 2025Article
- Eukaryotic cell size regulation and its implications for cellular function and dysfunction.Physiological reviews · 2024Review
- Microbiome modeling: a beginner's guide.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Review
- Protein aggregates act as a deterministic disruptor during bacterial cell size homeostasis.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2023Article
- Bacterial cell-size changes resulting from altering the relative expression of Min proteins.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Exposure to polystyrene nanoparticles leads to changes in the zeta potential of bacterial cells.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Growth Substrate and Prophage Induction Collectively Influence Metabolite and Lipid Profiles in a Marine Bacterium.mSystems · 2022Article
- Ammonia-oxidizing archaea possess a wide range of cellular ammonia affinities.The ISME journal · 2022Article
- Multiple conserved states characterize the twist landscape of the bacterial actin homolog MreB.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2022Article
- Loss of YhcB results in dysregulation of coordinated peptidoglycan, LPS and phospholipid synthesis during Escherichia coli cell growth.PLoS genetics · 2021Article
- In Situ Delivery and Production System (Journal of personalized medicine · 2021Review
- Environmentally Induced Changes of Commercial Carbon Nanotubes in Aqueous Suspensions. Adaptive Behavior of Bacteria in Biofilms.ACS omega · 2021Article
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- Fitness and Productivity Increase with Ecotypic Diversity amongApplied and environmental microbiology · 2020Article
- Constructing and deconstructing the bacterial cell wall.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2020Review
- Rod width under control.Nature microbiology · 2019Article
- Surface Area to Volume Ratio: A Natural Variable for Bacterial Morphogenesis.Trends in microbiology · 2018Article
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Abstract
The determination of cell size is a fundamental challenge for all living organisms. In a given growth condition, cell size for a particular bacterial species typically falls within a narrow distribution. Nonetheless, size can vary enormously across species, and the size of a single bacterium can even vary substantially across growth conditions. Recent phenomenological studies have revived classic interest in how cells maintain their size and how they adjust their size with changes in growth rate. However, the mechanisms by which cells establish a particular size are relatively enigmatic. Here, we review existing knowledge on how size in rod-shaped bacteria is shaped by nutrient, mechanical, and genetic factors. We also examine obstacles to accurate size measurement and recent technologies that help to overcome these hurdles. Finally, we discuss the relevance of cell size to bacterial physiology.
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