Properties of Bacillus anthracis spores prepared under various environmental conditions

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-79

  Baweja, Renu B ^a   Zaman, Mohd S ^a   Mattoo, Abid R ^a   Sharma, Kirti ^a   Tripathi, Vishwas ^a   Aggarwal, Anita ^a   Dubey, Gyanendra P ^a   Kurupati, Raj K ^a   Ganguli, Munia ^a   Chaudhury, N K ^b   Sen, Somdutta ^c   Das, Taposh K ^d   Gade, Wasudev N ^e   Singh, Yogendra ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^c The Centre for Genomic Application   (India)

^d ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

Author keywords

Bacillus anthracis; Dipicolinic acid; Germination; Spore sensitivity; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMINATION; HEAT TOLERANCE; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL SIZE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

EID: 36349019813     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-007-0295-9     Document Type: Article

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