Bistable forespore engulfment in Bacillus subtilis by a zipper mechanism in absence of the cell wall

Nikola Ojkic, Javier López-Garrido, Kit Pogliano +1

To survive starvation, the bacterium Bacillus subtilis forms durable spores. The initial step of sporulation is asymmetric cell division, leading to a large mother-cell and a small…