Yongqiang Gao

Aug 8, 2023 | biorxiv.org | Jiating Huang |Yongqiang Gao |Weixing Zhao |Cuifang Xu

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Apr 27, 2023 | science.org | Nicole M. Foley |Kathleen C. Keough |Irene M. Kaplow |Yongqiang Gao

Editor’s summaryBacterial spores are able to resist heat, desiccation, irradiation, organic solvents, and antibiotics and can remain metabolically inactive for decades. Nevertheless, an encounter with nutrients triggers exit from dormancy and resumption of growth within minutes. How these inert bodies monitor their environment and trigger germination remains unclear. Working with the bacterium Bacillus subtilis, Gao et al.