Repeated triggering of sporulation in Bacillus subtilis selects against a protein that affects the timing of cell division

ISME Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 77-87

  Siebring, Jeroen ^a   Elema, Matthijs J H ^a   Drubi Vega, Fátima ^b   Kovács, Ákos T ^a,d   Haccou, Patsy ^b   Kuipers, Oscar P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c KLUYVER CENTRE FOR GENOMICS OF INDUSTRIAL FERMENTATION   (Netherlands)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; evolution; sporulation; tagE; UDP glucose

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSE;

BACTERIUM; CELL ORGANELLE; GLUCOSE; MUTATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN; SPORULATION;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL SPORE; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; ENVIRONMENT; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; MUTATION; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 84891155381     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.128     Document Type: Article

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