Starvation induces shrinkage of the bacterial cytoplasm
H. Shi, C. S. Westfall, J. Kao, P. D. Odermatt, S. Cesar, S. Anderson, M. Sievert, J. Moore, C. G. Gonzalez, L. Zhang, J. E. Elias, F. Chang, K. C. Huang, P. A. Levin
This study shows that starvation causes E. coli to shrink its inner membrane and cytoplasm, driven by water loss, and that the Tol-Pal system is essential for recovery.
bioRxiv · Dec 6, 2020Microbiology