Thomas Julou @thomasjulou.bsky.social · 15/01/2025What does E. coli do when food runs out? We spent years looking at it with our quantitative glasses, and now put the final preprint online: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Congrats to Théo Gervais for the 'tour de force'!biorxiv.org 150 0
Thomas Julou @thomasjulou.bsky.social · 15/01/2025 And don't miss the "skeetorial" by @erikvannimwegen.bsky.social: bsky.app/profile/erik...Erik van Nimwegen@erikvannimwegen.bsky.socialWhat do bacterial cells do when they run out of nutrients? Although most bacterial studies focus on cells in exponentially growing states, in the wild bacteria likely spend most of their time slowly starving to death. 1/n www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgE. coli prepares for starvation by dramatically remodeling its proteome in the first hours after loss of nutrientsIt is widely believed that due to nutrient limitations in natural environments, bacteria spend most of their life in non-growing states. However, very little is known about how bacteria change their p... 031 0