Complete spore-cortex hydrolysis during germination of Bacillus subtilis 168 requires SleB and YpeB

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-64

  Boland, Fiona M ^a   Atrih, Abdelmadjid ^a   Chirakkal, Haridasan ^a   Foster, Simon J ^a   Moir, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Cortex hydrolysis; Endospores; Germination; Peptidoglycan

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BACTERIAL ENZYME; DIPICOLINIC ACID; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SPORE GERMINATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033979067     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-1-57     Document Type: Article

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