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On the Ecological Significance of Phenotypic Heterogeneity in Microbial Populations Undergoing Starvation.
Microbiology spectrum - 23 Feb 2022
Opalek Monika, Smug Bogna, Doebeli Michael, Wloch-Salamon Dominika
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To persist in variable environments, populations of microorganisms have to survive periods of starvation and be able to restart cell division in nutrient-rich conditions. Typically, starvation signals initiate a transition to a quiescent state in a fraction of individual cells, while the rest of the cells remain nonquiescent. It is widely believed that, while quiescent (Q) cells help the population to survive...
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