@article{201912.0245, doi = {10.20944/preprints201912.0245.v1}, url = {https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201912.0245.v1}, year = 2019, month = {December}, publisher = {Preprints}, author = {Nima P. Saadat and Tim Nies and Yvan Rousset and Oliver Ebenhöh}, title = {Are Microbes Thermodynamically Optimised Self-Reproducing Machines?}, journal = {Preprints} }