How bacteria control their size Date: January 5, 2015 Source: Washington University in St. Louis Summary: New work shows that bacteria (and probably other cells as well) don't double in mass ...

However, size isn’t the only thing noteworthy about this discovery. On top of being the largest, this little guy also contains 11 million bases and around 11,000 genes within its genome.

Scientists have traditionally studied bacteria in large numbers, not individually. Working with tens of millions of cells in a culture flask, they tracked their growth by looking at how much the cells ...

Maxing out at approximately 2 centimeters, T. magnifica is about 50 times the size of other giant bacteria and about 5,000 times the size of most other average-size bacterial species.

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One of the most common bacteria in the Earth, Shewanella oneidensis MR-1, influences the mobility and bioavailability of iron and environmental contaminants like lead, cobalt and arsenic.

New work shows that bacteria (and probably other cells as well) don't double in mass before dividing. Instead they add a constant volume (or mass) no matter what their initial size. A small cell ...