Cross-species validity of growth laws

Assess whether and to what extent empirical growth laws hold across bacterial species and across species of different kingdoms, including eukaryotes such as budding yeast, and delineate the limits of their conservation.

Background

The authors review evidence for growth laws in bacteria and yeast but emphasize that generality across taxa is not guaranteed.

Clarifying the universality and limits of growth laws is essential for developing broadly applicable resource-allocation theories.