Department of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 9190401, Israel.
Curr Biol. 2022 Jun 20;32(12):R599-R605. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.05.005.
Bacteria have evolved numerous strategies to use resources efficiently. However, bacterial economies depend on both the physiological context of the organisms as well as their growth state - whether they are growing, non-growing or reinitiating growth. In this essay, we discuss some of the features that make bacteria efficient under these different conditions and during the transitions between them. We also highlight the many outstanding questions regarding the physiology of non-growing bacterial cells. Lastly, we examine how efficiency is apparent in both the mode and tempo of bacterial evolution.
细菌已经进化出许多策略来高效利用资源。然而，细菌的经济依赖于生物体的生理环境以及它们的生长状态——无论是生长、非生长还是重新开始生长。在这篇文章中，我们讨论了使细菌在这些不同条件下以及在它们之间的转变过程中具有效率的一些特征。我们还强调了许多关于非生长细菌细胞生理学的悬而未决的问题。最后，我们研究了效率在细菌进化的模式和节奏中是如何显现的。
