In B. subtilis, the sporulation programme is initiated in response to various extracellular and intracellular signals. The signals are sensed by a phosphorelay system comprising five sensory histidine ...

Bacillus spores represent a remarkable survival strategy employed by a range of bacteria to endure adverse environmental conditions. The fully differentiated spores are formed through sporulation, a ...

Bacteria can generally be divided into two classes: those with just one membrane and those with two. Now researchers have used a powerful imaging technique to find what they believe may be the missing ...

PASADENA, Calif.—Bacteria can generally be divided into two classes: those with just one membrane and those with two. Now researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have used a ...

“When nutrients are lacking, yeast must stop expending the energy it takes to divide. To survive, they either enter a non-dividing, quiescent state, or they differentiate into spores,” stated Dr.

A team analyzed the amino acids that affect the formation of spores in a bacterium that causes food poisoning, Clostridium perfringens, and identified serine as an amino acid that inhibits spore ...