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Different Resource Allocation in a Bacillus subtilis Population Displaying Bimodal Motility

Published:2021-05-20 Issue:12 Volume:203 Page:
ISSN:0021-9193
Container-title:Journal of Bacteriology
language:en
Short-container-title:J Bacteriol

Author:

Syvertsson Simon¹,Wang Biwen²,Staal Jojet³,Gao Yongqiang²,Kort Remco³⁴,Hamoen Leendert W.¹²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

2. Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

3. TNO Microbiology and Systems Biology, Zeist, The Netherlands

4. Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Abstract

To cope with sudden environmental changes, bacteria can use a bet-hedging strategy and generate different types of cells within a population—so-called bimodal differentiation. For example, a Bacillus subtilis culture can contain both motile and nonmotile cells.

Funder

BBSRC

China Scholarship Council fellowship

Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Molecular Biology,Microbiology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/JB.00037-21

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