Carbon-13 (13C) labeling of bacillus subtilis vegetative cells and spores: Suitability for DNA stable isotope probing (DNA-SIP) of spores in soils

Current Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-14

  Nicholson, Wayne L ^a   Fedenko, Jeffrey ^a   Schuerger, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; CESIUM CHLORIDE; DNA; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; GLUCOSE; STABLE ISOTOPE; BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL SPORE; CELL GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SPORANGIUM; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; STAINING;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; DNA, BACTERIAL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 67349157694     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-009-9387-x     Document Type: Article

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