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Extreme slow growth as alternative strategy to survive deep starvation in bacteria

Bacteria can become dormant or form spores when they are starved for nutrients. Here, we find that non-sporulating Bacillus subtilis cells can survive deep starvation conditions for many months. During this period, cells adopt an almost coccoid shape and become tolerant to antibiotics. Unexpectedly,...

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Publicado en:Nat Commun
Main Authors: Gray, Declan A., Dugar, Gaurav, Gamba, Pamela, Strahl, Henrik, Jonker, Martijs J., Hamoen, Leendert W.
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6385201/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30792386
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08719-8
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