Cell Differentiation and Starvation

Stringent response is a stress response that occurs in bacteria and plant chloroplasts in reaction to stress conditions.

Oligotrophs are characterized by slow growth, low rates of metabolism, and generally low population density.

Starvation-induced fruiting bodies can aggregate up to 500 micrometres long and contain approximately 100,000 bacterial cells.

Several bacteria alter their morphology in response to the types and concentrations of external compounds.