Development In time In space
End result... Too complicated
End result... much simpler Bacillus sporulation Anabaena heterocysts Myxobacteria fruiting Caulobacter cell cycle
Bacillus subtilis Temporally regulated differentiation Start Restart Pause
Caulobacter crescentus Cell cycle-regulated differentiation
Anabaena Spatially regulated differentiation Time after nitrogen removal 0 h 3 h 6 h 9 h 12 h
Myxococcus xanthus Socially regulated differentiation Feast Famine
Route to altered states in bacteria Bacillus, Anabaena, Myxococcus Starvation Permissive conditions Initiation Altered State Signal transduction pH, Fe,... Pathogens