Microbial Scout Hypothesis, Stochastic Exit from Dormancy, and the Nature of Slow Growers

The Frequency of Persisters in Escherichia coli Reflects the Kinetics of Awakening from Dormancy

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Microbial awakenings

(2009) Slava S. Epstein   NATURE

Short Peptide Induces an "Uncultivable" Microorganism To Grow In Vitro

(2008) D. Nichols et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Cell division in Escherichia coli cultures monitored at single cell resolution

(2008) Johanna Roostalu et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

A Eukaryotic-like Ser/Thr Kinase Signals Bacteria to Exit Dormancy in Response to Peptidoglycan Fragments

(2008) Ishita M. Shah et al.   CELL

A Stochastic Single-Molecule Event Triggers Phenotype Switching of a Bacterial Cell

(2008) P. J. Choi et al.   SCIENCE