Levels of Ca2+-dipicolinic acid in individual Bacillus spores determined using microfluidic Raman tweezers

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 4681-4687

  Huang, Shu Shi ^a,b   Chen, De ^a   Pelczar, Patricia L ^c   Vepachedu, Venkata Ramana ^c   Setlow, Peter ^c   Li, Yong Qing ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FOR NON FOOD BIOREFINERY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM DIPICOLINIC ACID; CALCIUM ION; DIPICOLINIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CALCIUM; PICOLINIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; CHELATION; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLUBILITY; SPOROGENESIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

BACILLUS; CALCIUM; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; PICOLINIC ACIDS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 34347388444     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00282-07     Document Type: Article

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