Microbial ecology: Metabolic heterogeneity and the division of labor in multicellular structures

Many bacterial species are capable of differentiating to create phenotypic heterogeneity. Using the aggregate-forming marine bacterium Vibrio splendidus, a new study reveals how this organism differentiates to form spherical structures with a motile, carbon-storing core and a non-motile shell. Many...

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Published in:Current biology 2022-07, Vol.32 (14), p.R771-R774
Main Authors: Lyng, Mark, Kovács, Ákos T.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Many bacterial species are capable of differentiating to create phenotypic heterogeneity. Using the aggregate-forming marine bacterium Vibrio splendidus, a new study reveals how this organism differentiates to form spherical structures with a motile, carbon-storing core and a non-motile shell. Many bacterial species are capable of differentiating to create phenotypic heterogeneity. Using the aggregate-forming marine bacterium Vibrio splendidus, a new study reveals how this organism differentiates to form spherical structures with a motile, carbon-storing core and a non-motile shell.
ISSN:0960-9822
1879-0445
DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2022.06.008