Age structure landscapes emerge from the equilibrium between aging and rejuvenation in bacterial populations

Some daughter cells inherit the maternal old pole during bacterial division, but does this correspond to aging? Here, Proenca et al. show that constant patterns of aging and rejuvenation connect distinct growth equilibria within bacterial clonal populations, providing evidence for deterministic age...

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Main Authors: Audrey M. Proenca, Camilla Ulla Rang, Christen Buetz, Chao Shi, Lin Chao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06154-9