On the Ecological Significance of Phenotypic Heterogeneity in Microbial Populations Undergoing Starvation

ABSTRACT To persist in variable environments, populations of microorganisms have to survive periods of starvation and be able to restart cell division in nutrient-rich conditions. Typically, starvation signals initiate a transition to a quiescent state in a fraction of individual cells, while the re...

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Main Authors: Monika Opalek, Bogna Smug, Michael Doebeli, Dominika Wloch-Salamon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-02-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00450-21