TY - JOUR
T1 - Small but mighty
T2 - Cell size and bacteria
AU - Levin, Petra Anne
AU - Angert, Esther R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press; all rights reserved.
PY - 2015/7/1
Y1 - 2015/7/1
N2 - Our view of bacteria is overwhelmingly shaped by their diminutive nature. The most ancient of organisms, their very presence was not appreciated until the 17th century with the invention of the microscope. Initially, viewed as “bags of enzymes,” recent advances in imaging, molecular phylogeny, and, most recently, genomics have revealed incredible diversity within this previously invisible realm of life. Here, we review the impact of size on bacterial evolution, physiology, and morphogenesis.
AB - Our view of bacteria is overwhelmingly shaped by their diminutive nature. The most ancient of organisms, their very presence was not appreciated until the 17th century with the invention of the microscope. Initially, viewed as “bags of enzymes,” recent advances in imaging, molecular phylogeny, and, most recently, genomics have revealed incredible diversity within this previously invisible realm of life. Here, we review the impact of size on bacterial evolution, physiology, and morphogenesis.
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U2 - 10.1101/cshperspect.a019216
DO - 10.1101/cshperspect.a019216
M3 - Article
C2 - 26054743
AN - SCOPUS:84936767102
SN - 1943-0264
VL - 7
SP - 1
EP - 11
JO - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology
JF - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology
IS - 7
M1 - e18801
ER -