Bacterial Longevity Requires Protein Synthesis and a Stringent Response

We are surrounded by bacteria, but they do not completely dominate our planet despite the ability of many to grow extremely rapidly in the laboratory. This has been interpreted to mean that bacteria in nature are often in a dormant state. We investigated life in growth arrest of Rhodopseudomonas pal...

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Main Authors: Liang Yin, Hongyu Ma, Ernesto S. Nakayasu, Samuel H. Payne, David R. Morris, Caroline S. Harwood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019-10-01
Series:mBio
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02189-19