Cannibalism: the bacterial way
kills and consumes its siblings to survive starvation and delay sporulation
Jun 19, 2003
Nutritional limitation can trigger elaborate developmental responses in many microorganisms culminating in the formation of spores that can remain dormant for many years. Sporulation is an energy-intensive process that is not easily reversed and is initiated in response to only the harshest environments. In the June 20
González-Pastor et al. generated