Kinetics of size changes of individual Bacillus thuringiensis spores in response to changes in relative humidity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 3461-3466

  Westphal, Andrew J ^a   Price, P Buford ^b   Leighton, Terrance J ^c   Wheeler, Katherine E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE DIOXIDE; ETHYLENE OXIDE; FORMALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CELL KILLING; CELL SIZE; CELL SWELLING; DIFFUSION; GAS; HUMIDITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HUMIDITY; KINETICS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; WATER;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037452969     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.232710999     Document Type: Article

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