Roles of small, acid-soluble spore proteins and core water content in survival of Bacillus subtilis spores exposed to environmental solar UV radiation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 5202-5208

  Moeller, Ralf ^a   Setlow, Peter ^b   Reitz, Günther ^a   Nicholson, Wayne L ^c  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS SPORES; CORE PROTEINS; MUTANT STRAIN; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SOLAR UV RADIATION; SUBTILIS; UV EXPOSURE; UV RADIATION; UV RESISTANCE; UV TREATMENT; UV WAVELENGTH; WILD TYPES;

ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; HEAT RESISTANCE; PROTEINS; STRAIN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

WATER CONTENT;

ACID SOLUBLE SPORE PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; IRRADIATION; MUTATION; PROTEIN; SPORE; SURVIVAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER CONTENT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; RADIOSENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER CONTENT;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MUTATION; SPORES, BACTERIAL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 68549112961     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00789-09     Document Type: Article

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