Role of the spore coat layers in Bacillus subtilis spore resistance to hydrogen peroxide, artificial UV-C, UV-B, and solar UV radiation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 620-626

  Riesenman, Paul J ^a   Nicholson, Wayne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LYSOZYME;

BACTERIUM; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SPORE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MURAMIDASE; RADIATION TOLERANCE; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL; SUNLIGHT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; FELIS CATUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033952912     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.2.620-626.2000     Document Type: Article

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