Superdormant spores of Bacillus species germinate normally with high pressure, peptidoglycan fragments, and bryostatin

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1455-1458

  Wei, Jie ^a   Shah, Ishita M ^b   Ghosh, Sonali ^c   Dworkin, Jonathan ^b   Hoover, Dallas G ^a   Setlow, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRYOSTATIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORE GERMINATION;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BRYOSTATINS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 77749292168     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01497-09     Document Type: Article

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