Differentiation of spores of Bacillus subtilis grown in different media by elemental characterization using time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 6524-6530

  Cliff, John B ^a   Jarman, Kristin H ^a   Valentine, Nancy B ^a   Golledge, Steven L ^b   Gaspar, Daniel J ^a   Wunschel, David S ^a   Wahl, Karen L ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOFORENSICS;

BACTERIA;

SPORE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; FORENSIC MEDICINE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CALCIUM ISOTOPES; CULTURE MEDIA; ELEMENTS; FORENSIC SCIENCES; ISOTOPES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, SECONDARY ION; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 32044465752     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.11.6524-6530.2005     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Amaha, M., and Z. J. Ordal. 1957. Effect of divalent cations in the sporulation medium on the thermal death rate of Bacillus coagulons var. thermoacidurans. J. Bacteriol. 74:596-604.
2. Benninghoven, A., F. G. Rüdenauer, and H. W. Werner. 1987. Secondary ion mass spectrometry. Wiley-Interscience, New York, N. Y.
3. Beveridge, T. J., and G. E. Murray. 1976. Uptake and retention of metals by cell walls of Bacillus subtilis. J. Bacteriol. 127:1502-1518.
4. Blakemore, R. P. 1982. Magnetotactic bacteria. Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 36:217-238.
5. Chada, V. G. R., E. A. Sanstad, R. Wang, and A. Driks. 2003. Morphogenesis of Bacillus spore surfaces. J. Bacteriol. 185:6255-6261.
6. Doyle, R. J., T. H. Matthews, and U. N. Streips. 1980. Chemical basis for selectivity of metal ions by the Bacillus cell wall. J. Bacteriol. 143:471-480.
7. Duda, R. O., P. E. Hart, and D. G. Stork. 2001. Pattern classification, p. 177-182. Wiley, New York, N.Y.
8. Foerster, H. F., and J. W. Foster. 1966. Endotropic calcium, strontium, and barium spores of Bacillus megaterium and Bacillus cereus. J. Bacteriol. 91:1333-1345.
9. Gaspar, D. J., A. Laskin, W. Wang, S. W. Hunt, and B. J. Finlayson-Pitts. 2004. TOF-SIMS analysis of sea salt particles: imaging and depth profiling in the discovery of an unrecognized mechanism for pH buffering. Appl. Surf. Sci. 231-232:520-523.
10. Gerhardt, P., and R. E. Marquis. 1989. Spore thermoresistance mechanisms, p. 43-63. In I. Smith, R. A. Slepecky, and P. Setlow (ed.), Regulation of procaryotic development. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C.
11. Gikunju, C. M., S. M. Lev, A. Birenzvige, and D. M. Schaefer. 2004. Detection and identification of bacteria using direct injection inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy. Talanta 62:741-744.
12. Hashimoto, T., S. H. Black, and P. Gerhardt. 1960. Development of fine structure, thermostability, and dipicolinate during sporogenesis in a Bacillus. Can. J. Microbiol. 6:203-212.
13. Horita, J., and A. A. Vass. 2003. Stable-isotope fingerprints of biological agents as forensic tools. J. Forensic Sci. 48:1-5.
14. Johnson, R. A., and D. W. Wichern. 1992. Applied multivariate statistical analysis, p. 356-384. Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, N.J.
15. Klhm, D. J., M. T. Hutton, J. H. Hanlin, and E. A. Johnson. 1990. Influence of transition metals added during sporulation on heat resistance of Clostridium botulinum 113B spores. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 56:681-685.
16. Kreuzer-Martin, H. W., M. J. Lott, J. V. Dorigan, and J. R. Ehleringer. 2003. Microbe forensics: oxygen and hydrogen stable isotope ratios in Bacillus subtilis cells and spores. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100:815-819.
17. Kreuzer-Martin, H. W., L. A. Chesson, M. J. Lott, J. V. Dorigan, and J. R. Ehleringer. 2004. Stable isotope ratios as a tool in microbial forensics-Part 1. Microbial isotopic composition as a function of growth medium. J. Forensic Sci. 49:1-7.
18. Levinson, H. S., and M. T. Hyatt 1964. Effect of sporulation medium on heat resistance, chemical composition, and germination of Bacillus megaterium spores. J. Bacteriol. 87:876-886.
19. Loferer-Kröbbacher, M., J. Klima, and R. Psenner. 1998. Determination of bacterial cell dry mass by transmission electron microscopy and densitometric image analysis. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64:688-694.
20. Marquis, R. E., and S. Y. Shin. 1994. Mineralization and responses of bacterial spores to heat and oxidative agents. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 14:375-379.
21. Murrell, W. G. 1967. The biochemistry of the bacterial endospore. Adv. Microb. Physiol. 1:133-251.
22. W. L. Nicholson, N. Munakata, G. Horneck, H. L. Melosh, and P. Setlow. 2000. Resistance of Bacillus endospores to extreme terrestrial and extraterrestrial environments. Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev. 64:548-572.
23. Pelcher, E. A., H. P. Fleming, and Z. J. Ordal. 1963. Some characteristics of spores of Bacillus cereus produced by a replacement technique. Can. J. Microbiol. 9:251-258.
24. Samuels, A. C., F. C. DeLucia, Jr., K. L. McNesby, and A. W. Miziolek. 2003. Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy of bacterial spores, molds, pollens, and protein: initial studies of discrimination potential. Appl. Optics 42:6205-6209.
25. Scherrer, R., and P. Gerhardt. 1972. Location of calcium with Bacillus spores by electron probe X-ray micronalysis. J. Bacteriol. 112:559-568.
26. Setlow, P. 1994. Mechanisms which contribute to the long-term survival of spores of Bacillus species. Soc. Appl. Bacteriol. Symp. Ser. 76:49S-60S.
27. Slepecky, R., and J. W. Foster. 1959. Alterations in metal content of spores of Bacillus megaterium and the effect of some spore properties. J. Bacteriol. 78:117-123.
28. Smentkowski, V. S. 2000. Trends in sputtering. Prog. Surf. Sci. 64:1-58.
29. Stewart, M., A. P. Somlyo, A. V. Somlyo, H. Shuman, J. A. Lindsay, and W. G. Murrell. 1980. Distribution of calcium and other elements in cryosectioned Bacillus cereus T spores, determined by high-resolution scanning electron probe X-ray microanalysis. J. Bacteriol. 143:481-491.
30. Stewart, M., A. P. Somlyo, A. V. Somlyo, H. Shuman, J. A. Lindsay, and W. G. Murrell. 1981. Scanning electron probe X-ray microanalysis of elemental distributions in freeze-dried cryosections of Bacillus coagulans spores. J. Bacteriol. 147:670-674.
31. Thompson, C. E., H. Jungnickel, N. P. Lockyer, G. M. Stephens, and J. C. Vickerman. 2004. ToF-SIMS studies as a tool to discriminate between spores and vegetative cells of bacteria. Appl. Surf. Sci. 231-232:420-423.
32. Tisa, L. S., T. Koshikowa, and P. Gerhardt 1982. Wet and dry bacterial spore densities determined by buoyant sedimentation. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 43:1307-1310.
33. Vickerman, J. C., and D. Briggs (ed.). 2001. ToF-SIMS: surface analysis by mass spectrometry. IM Publications, Chichester, United Kingdom.
34. Whiteaker, J. R., C. C. Fenselau, D. Fetterolf, D. Steele, and D. Wilson. 2004. Quantitative determination of HEME for forensic characterization of Bacillus spores using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Anal. Chem. 76:2836-2841.