Effect of varying temperature on growth, morphology and soluble protein content of div IV and div V mutant strains of Bacillus subtilis

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1505-1511

  Ahmed, Ambreen ^a   Sabri, Anjum Nasim ^a   Hasnain, Shahida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Div genes; Div mutants

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DIVISION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CYTOLYSIS; DEGENERATION; DIV IV GENE; DIV V GENE; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONTENT; SPOROGENESIS; STAINING; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WILD TYPE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 44649116535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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