Role of dipicolinic acid in the germination, stability, and viability of spores of Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 4798-4807

  Magge, Anil ^a   Granger, Amanda C ^a,c   Wahome, Paul G ^a   Setlow, Barbara ^a   Vepachedu, Venkata R ^a,d   Loshon, Charles A ^a   Peng, Lixin ^b   Chen, De ^b   Li, Yong Qing ^b   Setlow, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPICOLINIC ACID; MANGANESE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS; SPOVF GENE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HYDROLASES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PICOLINIC ACIDS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 47249125402     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00477-08     Document Type: Article

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