Fig 10. The CV² of the scattering distribution is affected by shot noise.

Top panel: The CV² of the cell areas as a function of mean cell area across growth conditions, as measured by microscopy. Bottom panel: The CV² of the height of the forward scattering signal as function of the mean height of forward scattering across growth conditions, as measured by FCM. In both panels the colors corresponds to different growth media as indicated in the legend (M9 + glucose, M9 + glycerol or M9 + lactose, and MOPS + glucose).