Collective mechano-response dynamically tunes cell-size distributions in growing bacterial colonies

R Wittmann, GHP Nguyen, H Löwen… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Mechanical stresses stemming from environmental factors are a key determinant of cellular
behavior and physiology. Yet, the role of self-induced biomechanical stresses in growing …

Survival dynamics of starving bacteria are determined by ion homeostasis that maintains plasmolysis

S Schink, M Polk, E Athaide, A Mukherjee, C Ammar… - Nature Physics, 2024 - nature.com
The ability to survive starvation is an integral part of bacterial fitness and determines
composition, turnover and biodiversity in microbial ecosystems. Starving bacteria enter a …