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Bacterial growth and form under mechanical compression

A combination of physical and chemical processes is involved in determining the bacterial cell shape. In standard medium, Escherichia coli cells are rod-shaped, and maintain a constant diameter during exponential growth. Here, we demonstrate that by applying compressive forces to growing E. coli, ce...

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Autores principales: Si, Fangwei, Li, Bo, Margolin, William, Sun, Sean X.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4471898/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26086542
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep11367