MicrobiologybioRxiv
Feedback linking cell envelope stiffness, curvature, and synthesis enables robust rod-shaped bacterial growth
S. al-Mosleh, A. Gopinathan, C. Santangelo…·E. Rojas
This study combines theory and experiment to show that E. coli uses feedback between cell-envelope curvature and expansion to maintain growth rate and cell width during osmotic stress.
DOI 10.1073/pnas.2200728119