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A Bumpy Pathway to Stationary-Phase Survival in Bacillus subtilis
Bacillus subtilis cells can mount a number of responses to nutritional deprivation but ultimately either form dormant spores or enter a metabolically quiescent state. In a recent article (mBio 10:e01414-19, https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01414-19, 2019), R. Hashuel and S. Ben-Yehuda report on a novel...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6819663/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31662459 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02461-19 |
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description | Bacillus subtilis cells can mount a number of responses to nutritional deprivation but ultimately either form dormant spores or enter a metabolically quiescent state. In a recent article (mBio 10:e01414-19, https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01414-19, 2019), R. Hashuel and S. Ben-Yehuda report on a novel means by which nutrient-starved B. subtilis cells escape from aging (days-old) colonies by accumulating mutations enabling them to continue growth under nutrient-limited conditions. They postulate that such a strategy may be a major factor determining the dynamics of bacterial populations in natural environments. |
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spelling | pubmed-68196632019-11-07 A Bumpy Pathway to Stationary-Phase Survival in Bacillus subtilis Nicholson, Wayne L. mBio Commentary Bacillus subtilis cells can mount a number of responses to nutritional deprivation but ultimately either form dormant spores or enter a metabolically quiescent state. In a recent article (mBio 10:e01414-19, https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01414-19, 2019), R. Hashuel and S. Ben-Yehuda report on a novel means by which nutrient-starved B. subtilis cells escape from aging (days-old) colonies by accumulating mutations enabling them to continue growth under nutrient-limited conditions. They postulate that such a strategy may be a major factor determining the dynamics of bacterial populations in natural environments. American Society for Microbiology 2019-10-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6819663/ /pubmed/31662459 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02461-19 Text en Copyright © 2019 Nicholson. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Commentary Nicholson, Wayne L. A Bumpy Pathway to Stationary-Phase Survival in Bacillus subtilis |
title | A Bumpy Pathway to Stationary-Phase Survival in Bacillus subtilis |
title_full | A Bumpy Pathway to Stationary-Phase Survival in Bacillus subtilis |
title_fullStr | A Bumpy Pathway to Stationary-Phase Survival in Bacillus subtilis |
title_full_unstemmed | A Bumpy Pathway to Stationary-Phase Survival in Bacillus subtilis |
title_short | A Bumpy Pathway to Stationary-Phase Survival in Bacillus subtilis |
title_sort | bumpy pathway to stationary-phase survival in bacillus subtilis |
topic | Commentary |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6819663/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31662459 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02461-19 |
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