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Fascinating Nat Comm paper Martin Cann Lab Durham UK

Dead bacteria encode post-mortem protein catabolism via Lon protease—provides nutrients promoting growth of surviving bacteria

No benefit of Lon to live bacteria to account for this

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-56761-6