Cannibalism: A social behavior in sporulating Bacillus subtilis

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 415-424

  González Pastor, José Eduardo ^a  

^a CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacteriocins; Biofilms; Cannibalism; Fratricide; Multicellularity; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BACTERIOCIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GRAMICIDIN; NYSTATIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SDP PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; SINR PROTEIN; SKF PROTEIN; SPO0A PROTEIN; SUBTILISIN; SUBTILOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINOMYCIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CANNIBALISM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL KILLING; CELL TYPE; FRATRICIDE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMMUNITY; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIBLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 79953323267     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2010.00253.x     Document Type: Review

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