Exploring the low-pressure growth limit: Evolution of Bacillus subtilis in the laboratory to enhanced growth at 5 kilopascals

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 7559-7565

  Nicholson, Wayne L ^a,b   Fajardo Cavazos, Patricia ^a   Fedenko, Jeffrey ^a   Ortíz Lugo, José L ^a   Rivas Castillo, Andrea ^a   Waters, Samantha M ^a   Schuerger, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS CELLS; ENHANCED GROWTH; GROWTH INHIBITION; LOW-PRESSURE GROWTH; NORMAL ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; STEPWISE INCREASE; SUBTILIS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BACTERIOLOGY; CELL CULTURE; TURBIDITY;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BACTERIUM; GROWTH RATE; INHIBITION; LABORATORY METHOD; MARS;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRUS CULTURE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; SERIAL PASSAGE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 78649696659     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01126-10     Document Type: Article

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