Production of sound waves by bacterial cells and the response of bacterial cells to sound

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-55

  Matsuhashi, Michio ^a   Pankrushina, Alla N ^b   Takeuchi, Satoshi ^b   Ohshima, Hideyuki ^a   Miyoi, Housaku ^a   Endoh, Katsura ^a   Murayama, Ken ^a   Watanabe, Hiroshi ^a   Endo, Shigeo ^a   Tobi, Mikio ^a   Mano, Yoshihiro ^a   Hyodo, Masao ^a   Kobayashi, Torakichi ^a   Kaneko, Tomohiko ^b   Otani, Sugio ^a   Yoshimura, Susumu ^b   Harata, Akira ^c,d   Sawada, Tsuguo ^c  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus carboniphilus; Bacillus subtilis; Bacteria; Growth regulation; Signal response; Sonic signal; Sound; Ultrasonic

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM; CELL COMMUNICATION; COLONY FORMATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; SOUND; SOUND DETECTION;

BACILLUS CARBONIPHILUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS;

EID: 0031761159     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.44.49     Document Type: Article

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