Publications by authors named "Joris Jb Messelink"
Article Synopsis
- Regulation of bacterial growth and cell size is essential for optimal cellular functions, and typically, single bacterial cells grow exponentially while maintaining size homeostasis.
- This study introduces a new method for analyzing single-cell growth dynamics, revealing that a specific apically growing bacterium exhibits asymptotically linear growth patterns.
- The researchers develop a model where cell elongation is limited by apical growth, showing that this linear growth leads to a narrower distribution of cell lengths compared to exponential growth, suggesting it can replace traditional mechanisms of dividing and regulating size.
