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J Bacteriol. 1978 April; 134(1): 330-337

Cell growth and length distribution in Escherichia coli.

ABSTRACT

The length growth rate of an exponentially growing population of Escherichia coli B/r was calculated from the population length and birth length distributions. Cell elongation took place at a constant rate that doubled at a certain length. This change in rate was responsible for a sudden drop in the frequency of classes of cells longer than that length. Asymmetry in cell partition was able to generate cells both shorter and longer than the expected twofold range, but did not greatly modify the length distribution in between.

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