B. subtilis has many rescue pathways essential to the microorganism. The bacterial ribosome rescue family RQC pathway was originally discovered in B. subtilis as an alternative rescue pathway and involves one of the rescue factors RqcH, it acts on non-stop codons stalling protein synthesis in the presence of chemical cellular damage. Understanding the phenotypes for alternative rescue factors in bacteria will uncover ways to treat bacterial infections and reduce the prevalence of bacterial resistance.