Ratios between contents of dna, rna and protein in different micro-organisms as a function of maximal growth rate

ABSTRACT THE growth medium determines the macromolecular composition as well as the growth rate (number of doublings per hour) of micro-organisms in the steady state of growth. For a given

micro-organism the ratios of RNA : protein and RNA : DNA are linear functions of the growth rate, whereas the ratio of DNA : protein is virtually independent of the rate of growth1–4. All

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