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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Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2022-02-01
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Series: | Microbiology Spectrum |
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Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00450-21 |