MicrobiologybioRxivPreprint
Single-cell carbon storage dynamics drive conditional fitness in microbes
Jiaqi Huang, Ruoshi Yuan, Yihao Ma…·Adam P. Arkin
This study shows that carbon storage polymers like PHB provide a fitness advantage to microbes during environmental transitions by prolonging proliferation and aiding recovery from starvation.
DOI 10.64898/2026.04.08.717106