Protozoal digestion of coat-defective Bacillus subtilis spores produces "rinds" composed of insoluble coat protein

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 5875-5881

  Carroll, Alicia Monroe ^a   Plomp, Marco ^b   Malkin, Alexander J ^b   Setlow, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; SILICON;

AMORPHOUS LAYERS; ATOMIC FORCES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS SPORES; CHEMICAL ANALYSES; COAT PROTEINS; HEMISPHERICAL STRUCTURES; INSOLUBLE PROTEINS; PROTEINACEOUS STRUCTURES; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

COAT PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAPSID PROTEIN; SILICON;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIGESTION; PROTEIN; PROTOZOAN; SILICON; SPORULATION;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTOZOON; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL SPORE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAPSID PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; SILICON; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 54449100372     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01228-08     Document Type: Article

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