The Role of Calcium in Bacterial Spore Germination

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 199-202

  De Vries, Ynte P ^a,b  

^a TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

calcium; dipicolinic acid; endospore germination; germination specific lytic enzymes

Indexed keywords

EID: 55549114075     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.19.199     Document Type: Article

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