Watching a dormant spore perform signal integration (VIDEO)

University of California - San Diego

Caption

A composite movie showing the phase contrast of a single spore (top left) to visualize the dormant state. A movie (top right) shows the color-coded electrochemical potential of the same spore. The plot (bottom left) shows the corresponding time trace of the electrochemical potential values changing over time. Finally, a corresponding bar plot (bottom right) visualizes the jumps toward the threshold for returning to life.

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Süel Lab

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Must be used in conjunction with Science paper on bacterial spores exiting dormancy.

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