Whole-genome sequencing and phenotypic analysis of Bacillus subtilis mutants following evolution under conditions of relaxed selection for sporulation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 6867-6877

  Brown, Christopher T ^a   Fishwick, Laura K ^a   Chokshi, Binna M ^a   Cuff, Marissa A ^a   Jackson, Jay M ^a   Oglesby, Travis ^a   Rioux, Alison T ^a   Rodriguez, Enrique ^a   Stupp, Gregory S ^a   Trupp, Austin H ^a   Woollcombe Clarke, James S ^a   Wright, Tracy N ^a   Zaragoza, William J ^a   Drew, Jennifer C ^b   Triplett, Eric W ^a   Nicholson, Wayne L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

454-PYROSEQUENCING; ACETOIN; ANNOTATED GENES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIOCINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; CELL MORPHOLOGY; CHROMOSOMAL REARRANGEMENT; CODING SEQUENCES; COMPETITIVE FITNESS; DNA REPAIR; DOWN-REGULATION; FOSFOMYCIN; FRAMESHIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMICS; INTERGENIC REGIONS; MULTIPLE AUXOTROPHIES; NICHOLSON; OPTICAL MAPPING; PHENOTYPIC ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS; SUBTILIS;

AMINO ACIDS; ANTIBIOTICS; BACILLI; BACTERIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDES;

GENES;

ACETOIN; BACTERIAL DNA;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; CHROMOSOME; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; MOTILITY; MUTATION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SELECTION; SPORULATION;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL SPORE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACETOIN; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA TRANSFORMATION COMPETENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; LOCOMOTION; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 82955178484     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05272-11     Document Type: Article

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