Cloning and sequencing of the spore germination gene of Bacillus megaterium ATCC 12872: Similarities to the NaH-antiporter gene of Enterococcus hirae

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 99-105

  Tani, Katsuji ^a   Watanabe, Takuya ^a   Matsuda, Hideyasu ^a   Nasu, Masao ^a   Kondo, Masaomi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus megaterium; Bacterial spore; Germination gene

Indexed keywords

ANTIPORTER;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE;

EID: 0030067992     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1996.tb03323.x     Document Type: Article

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