Analysis of the relationship between the decrease in pH and accumulation of 3-phosphoglyceric acid in developing forespores of Bacillus species

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2204-2210

  Magill, Nancy G ^a,b   Cowan, Ann E ^a   Leyva Vazquez, Marco Antonio ^a   Brown, Martin ^a   Koppel, Dennis E ^a   Setlow, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; GERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029974595     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.8.2204-2210.1996     Document Type: Article

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