The silicon layer supports acid resistance of Bacillus cereus spores

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 111-116

  Hirota, Ryuichi ^a   Hata, Yumehiro ^a   Ikeda, Takeshi ^a   Ishida, Takenori ^a   Kuroda, Akio ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; SILICATE; SILICON;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM; ENCAPSULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

ACIDS; BACILLUS CEREUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SILICON; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

EID: 73849097966     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00954-09     Document Type: Article

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