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Brings together biochemical, biophysical, and physiological principles in an authoritative, single-source volume.
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Contrast eukaryotic with prokaryotic cellular abilities. The mathematics of growth. Cell macromolecules, especially murein. Turgor pressure. Outline of the surface stress theory. Biophysical engineering of the cell envelope. Gram-positive bacteria. Gram-negative bacteria. Genes, antibiotics and penicillin binding proteins. Turgor pressure measurement. Twisting of cylindrical cells as growth proceeds. Flagellar and gliding motility. Relationship of wall, cell division, and chromosome replication. The prokaryote persuasion.
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