Evolutionary tradeoffs in cellular composition across diverse bacteria.

ABSTRACT: One of the most important classic and contemporary interests in biology is the connection between cellular composition and physiological function. Decades of research have allowed us to understand the detailed relationship between various cellular components and processes for individual species, and have uncovered common functionality across diverse species. However, there still remains the need for frameworks that can mechanistically predict the tradeoffs between cellular functions and elucidate and interpret average trends across species. Here we provide a comprehensive analysis of how cellular composition changes across the diversity of bacteria as connected with physiological function and metabolism, spanning five orders of magnitude in body size. We present an analysis of the trends w

SUBMITTER: Kempes CP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4989312 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature