Qutaiba O Ababneh et al.
Journal of bacteriology, 197(18), 2999-3006 (2015-07-15)
Exponentially growing cultures of Bacillus subtilis (PY79) are composed primarily of nonmotile, chained cells. The alternative sigma factor, SigD, promotes the phenotypic switch from nonmotile, chained cells to unchained, motile cells. In the present work, we investigated the role of