2022
Collective behavior and nongenetic inheritance allow bacterial populations to adapt to changing environments
Mattingly H, Emonet T. Collective behavior and nongenetic inheritance allow bacterial populations to adapt to changing environments. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2022, 119: e2117377119. PMID: 35727978, PMCID: PMC9245662, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2117377119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNongenetic inheritanceCollective migrationPhenotype compositionIsogenic populationsDifferential lossSwimming phenotypeCell divisionBacterial populationsCell growthMultiple environmentsPhenotypePhenotypic compositionDifferent phenotypesInheritanceChemotactic bacteriaModel systemHigh inheritanceMigration speedDifferent environmentsNew environmentCollective behaviorMigrationPopulationGrowthDiversity
2014
Adaptability of non-genetic diversity in bacterial chemotaxis
Frankel NW, Pontius W, Dufour YS, Long J, Hernandez-Nunez L, Emonet T. Adaptability of non-genetic diversity in bacterial chemotaxis. ELife 2014, 3: e03526. PMID: 25279698, PMCID: PMC4210811, DOI: 10.7554/elife.03526.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGene regulationNon-genetic diversityBacterial chemotaxis systemHeritable controlChemotaxis systemSelectable traitAdvantageous diversityEnvironmental variationBacterial chemotaxisEnvironmental variabilityClonal populationsDiverse environmentsDiversityE. coliProtein levelsMutationsDifferent environmentsRegulationForagingTraitsColiDiversificationBacteriaColonizationPopulation