Efficient Inhibition of germination of coat-deficient bacterial spores by multivalent metal cations, including terbium (Tb 3+)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 5536-5539

  Yi, Xuan ^a   Bond, Colton ^b   Sarker, Mahfuzur R ^b   Setlow, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SPORE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM SPECIES; DIPICOLINIC ACIDS; MULTIVALENT CATIONS; MULTIVALENT METALS; RAPID MEASUREMENT;

BACILLI; BACTERIOLOGY; CLOSTRIDIUM; CULTIVATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; POSITIVE IONS;

TERBIUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CATION; DIPICOLINIC ACID; PICOLINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TERBIUM;

BACTERIUM; CATION; CHELATING AGENT; FLUORESCENCE; GERMINATION; INHIBITION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METAL; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SPORE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CHEMISTRY; CLOSTRIDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY;

BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM; FLUORESCENCE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PICOLINIC ACIDS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TERBIUM;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 79961041331     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00577-11     Document Type: Article

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