Rapid phenotypic individualization of bacterial sister cells

Abstract 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 ce...

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Main Authors: Sander K. Govers, Antoine Adam, Hendrik Blockeel, Abram Aertsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08660-0