Metabolic enzyme cost explains variable trade-offs between microbial growth rate and yield.
Microbes may maximize the number of daughter cells per time or per amount of nutrients consumed. These two strategies correspond, respectively, to the use of enzyme-efficient or substrate-efficient metabolic pathways. In reality, fast growth is often associated with wasteful, yield-inefficient metab...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018-02-01
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| Series: | PLoS Computational Biology |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5847312?pdf=render |