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Abstract
Many bacteria form metabolically inactive spores to survive harsh conditions. But how do spores decide to germinate when sensing of the environment is hampered by their inactivity? A new study shows how phenotypic variation leads to stochastic germination of spores.Mesh：
Year: 2015 PMID： 26325134 DOI： 10.1016/j.cub.2015.07.039
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Biol ISSN： 0960-9822 Impact factor: 10.834