Factors involved in the germination and inactivation of Bacillus anthracis spores in murine primary macrophages

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 272, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 245-250

  Hu, Haijing ^a,b   Emerson, James ^a   Aronson, Arthur I ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus anthracis; Germination; Macrophages; Spores

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; DEXTRO ALANINE; GERX PROTEIN; GERXA PROTEIN; HISTIDINE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BONE MARROW; FEMALE; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORE GERMINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CELLS, CULTURED; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SERUM; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BOVINAE; EQUIDAE; MURINAE;

EID: 34447536760     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00766.x     Document Type: Article

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