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Surviving bacterial sibling rivalry: inducible and reversible phenotypic switching in Paenibacillus dendritiformis.

mBio - 1 Jan 2011

Be'er Avraham, Florin E-L, Fisher Carolyn R, Swinney Harry L, Payne Shelley M

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UNLABELLED: Natural habitats vary in available nutrients and room for bacteria to grow, but successful colonization can lead to overcrowding and stress. Here we show that competing sibling colonies of Paenibacillus dendritiformis bacteria survive overcrowding by switching between two distinct vegetative phenotypes, motile rods and immotile cocci. Growing colonies of the rod-shaped bacteria produce a toxic...

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PMID: 21628502
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00069-11
PMCID: PMC3104493

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