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Model-based definition of population heterogeneity and its effects on metabolism in sporulating Bacillus subtilis.
Journal of biochemistry - 1 Aug 2007
Morohashi Mineo, Ohashi Yoshiaki, Tani Saeka, Ishii Kotaro, Itaya Mitsuhiro, Nanamiya Hideaki, Kawamura Fujio, Tomita Masaru, Soga Tomoyoshi
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The soil bacterium Bacillus subtilis forms dormant, robust spores as a tactic to ensure survival under conditions of starvation. However, the sporulating culture includes sporulating and non-sporulating cells, because a portion of the cell population initiates sporulation in wild-type strain. We anticipated that the population effect must be considered carefully to analyse samples yielding population...
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