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Changes in Cell Size and Shape during 50,000 Generations of Experimental Evolution with Escherichia coli

Published:2021-04-21 Issue:10 Volume:203 Page:
ISSN:0021-9193
Container-title:Journal of Bacteriology
language:en
Short-container-title:J Bacteriol

Author:

Grant Nkrumah A.¹²³^ORCID,Abdel Magid Ali²,Franklin Joshua¹²^ORCID,Dufour Yann¹²^ORCID,Lenski Richard E.¹²³^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

2. BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

3. Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

Abstract

Bacteria exhibit great morphological diversity, yet we have only a limited understanding of how their cell sizes and shapes evolve and of how these features affect organismal fitness. This knowledge gap reflects, in part, the paucity of the fossil record for bacteria.

Funder

BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action

USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture

National Science Foundation

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Molecular Biology,Microbiology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/JB.00469-20

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