Publications by authors named "Volker Textor"
Article Synopsis
- Bacteria in natural habitats often experience periods of growth arrest, but little is known about how this affects their mutation rates and evolution.
- A study on Escherichia coli in prolonged stationary phase found about 0.03 slightly deleterious mutations per genome per day, which is significantly higher than expectations based on fast-growing cells.
- These results could change how we understand bacterial evolution and the development of pathogenic traits in bacteria.
