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ArticleScience advances2026

Simultaneous measurements of translation rate and transcriptome uncovers linked regulation within an active bacterial cell population.

Christopher Baumann, Molly Hydorn, Samuel F Cooke, Jonathan Dworkin, Adam Z Rosenthal

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Christopher BaumannDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-1556-9070
Molly HydornDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3881-0821
Samuel F CookeDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-7701-8141
Jonathan DworkinDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8205-6918
Adam Z RosenthalDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6936-3665

Funding

Evaluating antibiotic tolerance in single cells with tandem single cell measurements of translation rate and transcriptomesR21AI187793 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ROSENTHAL, ADAM · 2025 to 2025
$421k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI187793
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell-to-cell variation within clonal bacterial populations provides bacterial communities with important advantages including opportunities for bet-hedging and metabolic division of labor. In recent years, the extent of bacterial heterogeneity has been documented both at the transcriptome level and with physiological measurements of cell growth rate and translation rate. However, methods that link physiological parameters to a single cell's full transcriptomic state are lacking, making it difficult to identify the regulatory mechanisms that couple physiology and transcriptional output. Here, we introduce a method that combines click chemistry-enabled labeling of nascent polypeptides to measure translation rates in single cells alongside microfluidic encapsulation and single-cell transcriptomic measurements, providing a tandem measurement of translation rate and transcriptome in thousands of single

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Bacillus subtilisGene Expression Regulation, BacterialProtein BiosynthesisTranscriptomeBacterial ProteinsClick ChemistryGene Expression ProfilingSingle-Cell AnalysisSingle-Cell Gene Expression AnalysisBacterial Proteins

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PMID42455896
PMCPMC13371890

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