The effects of high-power microwaves on the ultrastructure of Bacillus subtilis

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-40

  Kim, S Y ^a   Jo, E K ^a   Kim, H J ^a   Bai, K ^b   Park, J K ^a,c  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)   (South Korea)

^c Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Cell wall damage; Microbicidal mechanism; Microwave; TEM

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROTEINS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL WALL DAMAGE; CELL WALLS; CYTOPLASMIC PROTEINS; HIGH POWER; INTRACELLULAR PROTEINS; MICROBICIDAL MECHANISM; MICROWAVE- IRRADIATIONS; POWER MICROWAVE; ULTRASTRUCTURAL CHANGES;

MICROWAVE IRRADIATION;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA; NUCLEIC ACID;

BACTERIA; IRRADIATION; MICROWAVES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIUM; CYTOPLASM; DNA; GENOMICS; IRRADIATION; NUCLEIC ACID; PROTEIN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CELL SECRETION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 45249100201     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2008.02384.x     Document Type: Article

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