The effect of growth medium on B. anthracis Sterne spore carbohydrate content

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 183-189

  Colburn, Heather A ^a   Wunschel, David S ^a   Antolick, Kathryn C ^a   Melville, Angela M ^a   Valentine, Nancy B ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus anthracis; Carbohydrate profiling; Culture medium; Exosporium; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Spore

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLGLUCOSE; ALDITOL; ARABINOSE; CARBOHYDRATE; GALACTOSAMINE; MANNOSAMINE; MEGLUMINE; RHAMNOSE; XYLOSE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; YEAST;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CARBOHYDRATES; CULTURE MEDIA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

EID: 79955118946     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2011.02.015     Document Type: Article

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