
doi: 10.5772/37065
Live cells show various dynamic characteristics, such as cell division or material production. When we consider that a cell is a chemical reactor that contains an enzyme in its structure, the rates of chemical reaction catalysed by them depend on the cell density. As the amount of enzyme within the cell differs according to the rate of expression of a specific gene, the rate of the reaction also depends on the condition of the cell. In short, chemical reactions caused by cells are nonlinearly related to the cell density; the reaction rate is not proportional to the cell density. This is one remarkable aspect of live cells. In the field of chemical analysis, bacterial cell behaviour is often used. For example, changes in respiration caused by chemical compounds that inhibit the respiratory chain (such as KCN) can be quantified, theoretically, by measuring the changes in the dissolved oxygen concentration.
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