Single-spore elemental analyses indicate that dipicolinic acid-deficient Bacillus subtilis spores fail to accumulate calcium

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 493-497

  Hintze, Paul E ^a   Nicholson, Wayne L ^a,b  

^a KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Dipicolinic acid; DPA; Spore

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHELATE; DIPICOLINIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPORE GERMINATION; WILD TYPE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CALCIUM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PICOLINIC ACIDS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TEMPERATURE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77953024569     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-010-0569-5     Document Type: Article

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