Biology Forum › Microbiology › How are bacteria hypertrophic?
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- September 1, 2008 at 12:29 pm #10032
Bio-HazardParticipantI might not be able to ask a full question, but maybe one of you can associate possible scenarios.
I had someone recently tell me that bacteria are hypertrophic. I didn’t understand this statement, because I didn’t understand in which kind of environment the person was referring to. Do any of you know how a bacteria could possibly be hypertrophic? - September 3, 2008 at 7:06 am #85721canan5000Participant
Hypertrophy usually refers to an enlargement of an organ or tissue that in non tumor related and does not consist of an increase in cell number either. So for a bacteria to become hypertrophic I can think of an a couple of scenarios
1. An increase in intercellular water concentration (hypotonic).
2. An increase in metabolitic products or waste and either no way of excreting or a very inefficient way of excreting.All the above ways though seem to me to lead in death of the bacteria over time, so for a bacteria to become hypertrophic does not seem to be a very good career move.
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