Physicists have developed a model that describes how individual parameters, like the variability in growth and the timing of cell division, can influence population dynamics in bacteria.

When the bacterial cells divide, copies of the human genes will be passed on to the new cells. Bacterial cells divide very rapidly so large quantities of human proteins can be produced.

The inventory of partly copied chromosomes fuels rapid population growth ... Because division proceeds unimpeded, cells are smaller when they divide. What about other bacteria?

but also where future daughter cells would divide as well. The research is published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, along with a question-and-answer article in which ...

Unicellular organisms use cell division to reproduce. Multicellular organisms use cell division for growth and repair of damage such as wounds.

The investigators were able to capture images of the growing bacteria over time, and used computational tools to analyze and then model events like cell division, growth, and DNA replication in ...

Cell wall synthesis plays a key role in bacterial growth: the cell division protein FtsZ forms the so-called Z-ring in the center of the cell, thus initiating the division process. A new cell wall ...

We still do not understand exactly how antibiotics kill bacteria. However, this understanding is necessary if we want to develop new antibiotics. And that is precisely what is urgently needed, because ...

When DarG removes the tag, growth resumes. This start-and-stop control may help the bacteria ... live-cell imaging and RNA sequencing to track changes in DNA replication, cell division and gene ...

To survive, slow bacterial growth allows mutations to arise that help the bugs tolerate the drug ... “It's usually assumed that when you have DNA replication, bacteria will then go through cell ...