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Martins, Bruno M. C. and Locke, James C. W. (2015) Microbial individuality : how single-cell heterogeneity enables population level strategies. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 24 . pp. 104-112. doi:10.1016/j.mib.2015.01.003 ISSN 1369-5274.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mib.2015.01.003
Abstract
Much of our knowledge of microbial life is only a description of average population behaviours, but modern technologies provide a more inclusive view and reveal that microbes also have individuality. It is now acknowledged that isogenic cell-to-cell heterogeneity is common across organisms and across different biological processes. This heterogeneity can be regulated and functional, rather than just reflecting tolerance to noisy biochemistry. Here, we review recent advances in our understanding of microbial heterogeneity, with an emphasis on the pervasiveness of heterogeneity, the mechanisms that sustain it, and how heterogeneity enables collective function.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Current Opinion in Microbiology | ||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier Ltd | ||||||
ISSN: | 1369-5274 | ||||||
Official Date: | April 2015 | ||||||
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Volume: | 24 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 104-112 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.mib.2015.01.003 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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