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SUBMITTER: Fontaine F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2229837 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fontaine Fanette F Stewart Eric J EJ Lindner Ariel B AB Taddei François F
Molecular microbiology 20071125 1
There has been considerable investigation into the survival of bacterial cells under stress conditions, but little is known about the causes of mortality in the absence of exogenous stress. That there is a basal frequency of cell death in such populations may reflect that it is either impossible to avoid all lethal events, or alternatively, that it is too costly. Here, through a genetic screen in the model organism Escherichia coli, we identify two mutants with lower frequencies of mortality: rs ...[more]