Structural analysis of Bacillus megaterium KM spore peptidoglycan and its dynamics during germination

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1033-1041

  Atrih, Abdelmadjid ^a   Bacher, Gerold ^b   Körner, Roman ^c   Allmaier, Günter ^b   Foster, Simon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacillus megaterium KM; Germination; Pepridoglycan structure; Spores

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROLASE; LACTAM; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MURAMIC ACID; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TETRAPEPTIDE; TRIPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CROSS LINKING; DYNAMICS; GERMINATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032898033     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-5-1033     Document Type: Article

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