Cells exhibit a high degree of intracellular crowding. To control the level of crowding during
growth cells must increase their volumes in response to the accumulation of biomass. Using …

During growth, cells must expand their cell volumes in coordination with biomass to control
the level of cytoplasmic macromolecular crowding. Dry-mass density, the average ratio of …

The steady-state size of bacterial cells correlates with nutrient-determined growth rate. Here,
we explore how rod-shaped bacterial cells regulate their morphology during rapid …

An immediately observable feature of bacteria is that cell size and shape are remarkably
constant and characteristic for a given species in a particular condition, but vary …

Although bacterial cell morphology is tightly controlled, the principles of size regulation
remain elusive. In Escherichia coli, perturbation of cell-wall synthesis often results in similar …

Bacteria are highly adaptive microorganisms that thrive in a wide range of growth conditions
via changes in cell morphologies and macromolecular composition. How bacterial …

Rod-shaped bacterial cells can readily adapt their lengths and widths in response to
environmental changes. While many recent studies have focused on the mechanisms …

By analyzing cell size and shapes of the bacterium Bacillus subtilis under nutrient
perturbations, protein depletion, and antibiotic treatments, we find that cell geometry is …

The determination of cell size is a fundamental challenge for all living organisms. In a given
growth condition, cell size for a particular bacterial species typically falls within a narrow …

Many studies have focused on the mechanisms underlying length and width determination
in rod-shaped bacteria. Here, we focus instead on cell surface area to volume ratio (SA/V) …