cell width very small

Edge evidence

• oligotrophic environment regulates streamlining selection RO:0002211

  Persistent oligotrophy selects for streamlined narrow cells.

  • DOI:10.1038/ismej.2014.60 small cells and genomes Supports oligotrophic regimes as drivers of cell-width reduction.
• streamlining selection produces cell width very small METPO:2000202

  Streamlining selection produces very narrow rods.

  • DOI:10.1038/ismej.2014.60 small cells Supports very narrow width as an outcome of streamlining selection.
• cell width very small is a cell width rdfs:subClassOf

  Very small cell width is a quantitative bin of the cell-width phenotype.

  • DOI:10.1146/annurev-cellbio-101011-155745 MreB-directed peptidoglycan synthesis Supports very narrow width as a value within the regulated cell-width distribution.
• high surface-to-volume ratio increases nutrient uptake efficiency RO:0002213

  High surface-to-volume ratio of narrow cells improves nutrient uptake efficiency.

  • DOI:10.31951/2658-3518-2024-a-4-795 Thanks to their high surface-to-volume ratio, small-cell bacteria absorb nutrients most efficiently.
• small-cell bacteria adapted to oligotrophic waters

  Small-cell bacteria with very narrow widths are adapted to oligotrophic waters.

  • DOI:10.31951/2658-3518-2024-a-4-795 Especially important in oligotrophic water bodies with low organic matter concentrations.
• reduced genome size associated with streamlining selection biolink:associated_with

  Reduced genome size is associated with streamlining in oligotrophic lineages.

  • DOI:10.1128/mmbr.00124-22 Many microbial cell lineages in nature share with oligotrophs the property of reduced genome size.
• Rod complex decreases cell width RO:0002212

  Rod-complex-mediated organized circumferential PG insertion reduces cell width (rod-shaped bacteria).

  • DOI:10.1128/msystems.01017-21 Rod complex-mediated organized circumferential insertion of PG strands reduces cell diameter; may generalize to rod-shaped bacteria.
• class A penicillin-binding proteins increases cell width RO:0002213

  aPBP-mediated isotropic PG insertion enlarges the cell cylinder, increasing width.

  • DOI:10.1128/msystems.01017-21 aPBP-mediated isotropic insertion enlarges the cell cylinder; defines opposite regulation of width.