23 Jun 2008

Bacterial development: Moving in the right direction

Nature Reviews Microbiology 6, 6 (2008). doi:10.1038/nrmicro1823 Author: Sheilagh Molloy New data published in a recent issue of Molecular Microbiology might have finally solved the controversy over the function of SpoIIIE during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis.During sporulation, B. subtilis undergoes an asymmetric cell division that generates two cells of unequal size"