But identical individuals with mutations in the spoIIR gene, which codes for a secreted protein involved in the mother-spore cell differentiation, can adopt any of four different fates, depending on ...
A remarkable quality of bioengineering is that scientists can take biological processes honed by millions of years of ...
Spores are bacteria passed into a metabolically dormant state due to starvation and awaiting better external conditions to germinate and colonize the medium again. Their resistance to numerous stress ...
Induced endosymbiosis between a fungus and bacterium reveals a shift from antagonism to commensalism
Endosymbioses, where one organism lives within another, exist along a spectrum of interactions ranging from parasitic to mutualistic. Although many established endosymbioses are mutualistic, this need ...
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