Swim or chill: lifestyles of a bacillus.

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Bacillus subtilis exhibits a number of lifestyles, each characterized by a distinguishing pattern of gene expression. In this issue of Genes & Development, Chai and colleagues (pp. 754-765) dissect the decision-making processes underlying the switch between the motile and sessile states of B. subtilis, and show a role for a double-negative feedback loop that locks the system into the sessile state. These findings...

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