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ArticleEuropean biophysics journal : EBJ2026

The sleeping bacterium: shedding light on the resuscitation mechanism.

Eleonora Alfinito, Matteo Beccaria

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Article in European biophysics journal : EBJ, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Eleonora AlfinitoDepartment of Mathematics and Physics 'Ennio De Giorgi', University of Salento, 73100, Lecce, Italy. eleonora.alfinito@unisalento.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6757-2180
Matteo BeccariaDepartment of Mathematics and Physics 'Ennio De Giorgi', University of Salento, 73100, Lecce, Italy.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The revival mechanism in dormant bacteria is a puzzling and open issue. We propose a model of information diffusion on a regular grid where agents represent bacteria and their mutual interactions implement quorum sensing. Agents may have different metabolic characteristics corresponding to multiple phenotypes. The intra/inter phenotype cooperation is analyzed under different metabolic and productivity conditions. We study the interactions between rapidly reproducing active bacteria and non-reproducing quiescent bacteria. We highlight the conditions under which the quiescent bacteria may revive. The occurrence of revival is generally related to a change in environmental conditions. Our results support this picture showing that revival can be mediated by the presence of different catalyst bacteria that produce the necessary resources.

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BacteriaBacterial Physiological PhenomenaModels, BiologicalQuorum SensingBacterial dormancyQuorum sensingTheoretical modeling

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PMID40172587
PMCPMC13109201

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