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What size should a bacterium be? A question of scale.

Annual review of microbiology - 1 Jan 1996

Koch A L

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There are living prokaryotes (Bacteria and Archaea) that have cell sizes that range from 0.02-400 microns3. Over this tremendous range, various abilities to cope with the environment are needed. This review attempts to formulate some of the problems and some of the solutions. The smallest size for a free-living organism is suggested to be largely set by the catalytic efficiency of enzymes and protein synthetic...

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PMID: 8905083
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.50.1.317

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