Defining the natural habitat of Bacillus spore-formers

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 160, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 375-379

  Hong, Huynh A ^a   To, Ellen ^a   Fakhry, Saad ^b   Baccigalupi, Loredana ^b   Ricca, Ezio ^b   Cutting, Simon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacillus species; Endospores; Gut commensals; Soil microorganisms; Spore formers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; COMMENSAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; HUMANS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 69049087572     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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