Plasticity of growth laws tunes resource allocation strategies in bacteria
A. Mukherjee, Y.-F. Chang, Y. Huang, J. Ealy, M. Polk, M. Basan
This study shows that nutrient quality in bacteria is a plastic property shaped by proteome allocation, not a fixed biochemical constraint, and can be modified through genetic engineering.
bioRxiv · Aug 22, 2023Microbiology