Evolutionary BiologyNature Reviews MicrobiologyPeer-reviewed
Sporulation, bacterial cell envelopes, and the origin of life
Elitza I Tocheva, Davi R Ortega, Grant J Jensen
The paper reviews electron cryotomography data on sporulating cells and cell envelopes to support the hypothesis that an ancient sporulation-like event led to the diderm cell plan.
DOI 10.1038/nrmicro.2016.85