by Fred Nei­d­hardt — Growth dom­i­nates the at­ten­tion of many bac­te­ri­ol­o­gists. It has done so for over a cen­tury, in­spir­ing ex­plo­rations into the com­plex bio­chem­istry and phys­i­ol­ogy that pro­duce new cells able to grow, sur­vive harsh en­vi­ron­ments, and live to grow an­other day.