Environment-responsive individual cell growth behavior shapes stochastic and deterministic population establishment in ammonia-oxidizing bacteria
Shuto Ikeda, Hirotsugu Fujitani, Satoshi Tsuneda
This study shows that environmentally responsive individual cell growth behavior in Nitrosomonas sp. PY1 shapes both stochastic and deterministic population establishment dynamics through cell-cell communication.
bioRxiv · May 9, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology