Small but mighty: Cell size and bacteria

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1-11

  Levin, Petra Anne ^a   Angert, Esther R ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; CELL CYCLE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DIFFUSION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CELL CYCLE; DIFFUSION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84936767102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19430264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a019216     Document Type: Article

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