Stress and the single cell: intrapopulation diversity is a mechanism to ensure survival upon exposure to stress.

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We traditionally celebrate the capacity of bacteria for growth in a diverse range of environmental niches. As the attention has switched to their survival, we are no less impressed by the diversity of mechanisms that aid survival upon exposure to a variety of stresses. Mechanistically, we usually measure adaptation by the changes that occur upon rapid transfer from condition A to B. Implicit in such analyses is...

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