Sporulating bacteria prefers predation to cannibalism in mixed cultures

FEBS Letters

Volumn 581, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 151-156

  Nandy, Subir Kumar ^a   Bapat, Prashant M ^a   Venkatesh, K V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Cannibalism; Escherichia coli; Mixed culture; Predation; Prokaryote

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SPOOA; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ACINETOBACTER LWOFFII; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CANNIBALISM; CELL POPULATION; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; GENE; MIXED CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OPERON; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SKF GENE; SOIL MICROFLORA; SPOROGENESIS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC BACTERIA; OPERON; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 33845605959     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.12.011     Document Type: Article

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