Bacterial aging: from mechanistic basis to evolutionary perspective |
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Authors: | Krzysztof Książek |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Pathophysiology, University of Medical Sciences, Swiecickiego 6, 60-781 Poznań, Poland |
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Abstract: | Aging—defined as the progressive impairment of an organism’s functional capacity, resulting from deleterious changes in cells, organs, and biological systems—is one of the most fundamental features of Eukaryotes, from humans to the unicellular budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. It has recently been reported that this may also be the case for certain (if not all) types of bacteria. In this paper, the current view on the mechanistic background and evolutionary significance of bacterial kind of aging is presented, with particular emphasis on the role of asymmetric cell division, the characteristics of stationary growth phase, and the role of oxidative protein damage. |
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