Bacterial growth: a statistical physicist’s guide

2018/10/01 by Rosalind J Allen, Bartlomiej Waclaw · 1 voice · 5 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · #Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety #Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology #thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1361-6633/aae546

Abstract

Bacterial growth presents many beautiful phenomena that pose new theoretical challenges to statistical physicists, and are also amenable to laboratory experimentation. This review provides some of the essential biological background, discusses recent applications of statistical physics in this field, and highlights the potential for future research.

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