Cell Size in Bacteria

1aspect of the cell cycle. All organisms coordinate division with growth to ensure that cells are the appropriate size for a given environmental condition or developmental fate. For many single-celled organisms, nutrient availability has the strongest influence on cell size. For example, yeast and bacteria are significantly larger in nutrient-rich media than in nutrient-poor media (Fantes and Nurse, 1977; Schaechter et al., 1958). In eukaryotes, proteins such as Wee1 and Cdc25 are responsible for cell siz