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Conserved rod-to-spherical shape transitions in Escherichia coli through primordial experimental adaptations.

Bioscience reports - 20 May 2026

Lu Hui, Zhang Yueyue, Xu Boying, Tian Di, Xia Yang, Yomo Tetsuya, Xu Jian

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Cell shape plays a fundamental role in bacterial physiology, yet the evolutionary stability of morphological adaptations remains poorly understood. Our previous work suggested that Escherichia coli can evolve a spherical form under primordial-like conditions. Here, we extended experimental evolution for approximately 1000 generations in oleic acid vesicle (OAV)-supplemented media mimicking primordial...

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PMID: 42046316
DOI: 10.1042/BSR20260045
PMCID: PMC13181355

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