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Both RNase J1 and RNase Y have a broad impact on the stability of <jats:italic>B. subtilis</jats:italic> mRNAs; a depletion of either enzyme affects more than 25% of all mRNAs. RNases J1 and Y as well as RNase J2, the polynucleotide phosphorylase PNPase, the RNA helicase CshA and the glycolytic enzymes enolase and phosphofructokinase have been proposed to form a complex, the RNA degradosome of <jats:italic>B. subtilis</jats:italic>. This review presents a model, based on recent published data, of RNA degradation in <jats:italic>B. subtilis</jats:italic>. Degradation is initiated by RNase Y‐dependent endonucleolytic cleavage, followed by processive exoribonucleolysis of the generated fragments both in 3′‐to‐5′ and in 5′‐to‐3′ directions. 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