Bacterial Dormancy: How to Decide When to Wake Up.

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Many bacteria form metabolically inactive spores to survive harsh conditions. But how do spores decide to germinate when sensing of the environment is hampered by their inactivity? A new study shows how phenotypic variation leads to stochastic germination of spores.

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