Rapid sporulation of Bacillus anthracis in a high iron, glucose-free medium

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 282-287

  Purohit, Mitali ^a   Sassi Gaha, Sihem ^a   Rest, Richard F ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated; Bacillus anthracis; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COAT PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; RABBIT ANTISERUM;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLD TOLERANCE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; HEAT TOLERANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER STAINING; SPOROGENESIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 77955656145     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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