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A MAJOR problem in the thermodynamics of growth has been to account for the increase in information and structural entropy occurring during synthesis of new cellular material1,2. Thermodynamic measurements of the growth process in microorganisms now show that high fluxes of thermodynamic entropy occur, and are more than sufficient to account for the concurrent increase in information.
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FORREST, W. Entropy of Microbial Growth. Nature 225, 1165–1166 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/2251165b0
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