Sporulation inFirmicutesstarts with the formation of two adjacent cells and proceeds with the engulfment of the smaller one, the forespore, by the larger one, the mother cell. This critical step involves a core set of conserved genes, some transcribed in the forespore, such asspoIIQ, and others transcribed in the mother cell, such as the eight-genespoIIIAoperon.
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