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Spore formation in Bacillus subtilis.
Science progress - 1 Jan 2000
Yudkin M
Abstract excerpt
Bacillus subtilis is the best studied of the bacteria that make heat-resistant spores in response to starvation. The process of sporulation results in the formation of a cell type which is quite different in morphology from that of bacteria during normal growth. Sporulation requires the activation, in an ordered sequence, of many genes that are kept silent during vegetative growth. It also requires that these...
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