ArticleScience advances2021
Metabolic differentiation and intercellular nurturing underpin bacterial endospore formation.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Modulation of the Sporulation Dynamics in the Plant-Probiotic Bacillus velezensis 83 via Carbon and Quorum-Sensing Metabolites.Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins · 2025Article
- To Sporulate or Not to Sporulate: Developmental Checkpoints MonitoringAnnual review of microbiology · 2025Review
- Developmentally regulated proteolysis by MdfA and ClpCP mediates metabolic differentiation duringGenes & development · 2025Article
- MdfA is a novel ClpC adaptor protein that functions in the developingGenes & development · 2025Article
- Where and why have so many metabolic enzymes gone from developing spores ofGenes & development · 2025Review
- Embedding a ribonuclease in the spore crust couples gene expression to spore development in Bacillus subtilis.Nucleic acids research · 2025Article
- Ribosomes translocation into the spore of Bacillus subtilis is highly organised and requires peptidoglycan rearrangements.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Deciphering metabolic differentiation during Bacillus subtilis sporulation.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Translation in Bacillus subtilis is spatially and temporally coordinated during sporulation.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Catabolism of germinant amino acids is required to prevent premature spore germination inmBio · 2024Article
- Overexpressing theToxins · 2024Article
- Clostridioides difficile Sporulation.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2024Review
- Role ofMicroorganisms · 2023Article
- Glutamate catabolism during sporulation determines the success of the future spore germination.iScience · 2022Article
- Levels and Characteristics of mRNAs in Spores of Firmicute Species.Journal of bacteriology · 2021Article
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- Milestones inMicrobial cell (Graz, Austria) · 2020Review
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Despite intensive research, the role of metabolism in bacterial sporulation remains poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that
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