Spore No More: Quality Control during Bacterial Development

Marc D Meneghini

doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2015.09.011

Spore No More: Quality Control during Bacterial Development

Dev Cell. 2015 Sep 28;34(6):611-2. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2015.09.011.

Author

Marc D Meneghini¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 1A8 ON, Canada. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 26418292
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2015.09.011

Abstract

In this issue of Developmental Cell, Tan et al. (2015) describe an elegant mechanism functioning during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis. Their findings suggest that quality control purges unfit spores via programmed cell death, providing further insight into the utility of this phenomenon in unicellular organisms.

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MeSH terms

Apoptosis*
Bacillus subtilis / growth & development*
Bacterial Proteins / metabolism*
Cell Communication*
Spores, Bacterial / physiology*

Substances

Bacterial Proteins