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Sizing up microbes
The size range of life forms is dictated by basic principles of physics. Large microorganisms, with sizes approaching a millimeter, have compensating features that address the immutable laws of physics. For pathogens, size may impact a range of functions, such as adherence and immune evasion. We rev...
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Landes Bioscience
2012
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3495784/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23117415 http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/gmic.22637 |
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| author | Viswanathan, V.K. |
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| description | The size range of life forms is dictated by basic principles of physics. Large microorganisms, with sizes approaching a millimeter, have compensating features that address the immutable laws of physics. For pathogens, size may impact a range of functions, such as adherence and immune evasion. We review several recent studies on factors impacting, and impacted by, the size of microorganisms. |
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| spelling | pubmed-34957842012-11-20 Sizing up microbes Viswanathan, V.K. Gut Microbes The Inside Passage The size range of life forms is dictated by basic principles of physics. Large microorganisms, with sizes approaching a millimeter, have compensating features that address the immutable laws of physics. For pathogens, size may impact a range of functions, such as adherence and immune evasion. We review several recent studies on factors impacting, and impacted by, the size of microorganisms. Landes Bioscience 2012-11-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3495784/ /pubmed/23117415 http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/gmic.22637 Text en Copyright © 2012 Landes Bioscience http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. The article may be redistributed, reproduced, and reused for non-commercial purposes, provided the original source is properly cited. |
| spellingShingle | The Inside Passage Viswanathan, V.K. Sizing up microbes |
| title | Sizing up microbes |
| title_full | Sizing up microbes |
| title_fullStr | Sizing up microbes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sizing up microbes |
| title_short | Sizing up microbes |
| title_sort | sizing up microbes |
| topic | The Inside Passage |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3495784/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23117415 http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/gmic.22637 |
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