Rapid phenotypic individualization of bacterial sister cells.

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A growing bacterium typically divides into two genetically identical and morphologically similar sister cells and eventually gives rise to a clonal population. Nevertheless, significant phenotypic differentiation among isogenic cells frequently occurs, with the resulting heterogeneity in cellular behavior often ensuring population level growth and survival in complex and unpredictable environments. Although...

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