Accidental selection and intentional restoration of sporulation-deficient Bacillus anthracis mutants

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 6318-6321

  Sastalla, Inka ^a   Rosovitz, M J ^a,b   Leppla, Stephen H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; MASTER REGULATORS; SOLID MEDIUM;

BACTERIOPHAGES; RESTORATION;

BACTERIOLOGY;

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SPORULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIOPHAGES; CULTURE MEDIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77956849118     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00950-10     Document Type: Article

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