Analysis of the slow germination of multiple individual superdormant Bacillus subtilis spores using multifocus Raman microspectroscopy and differential interference contrast microscopy

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 526-536

  Zhang, P ^a   Kong, L ^a   Wang, G ^a   Scotland, M ^b   Ghosh, S ^b   Setlow, B ^b   Setlow, P ^b   Li, Y Q ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Spore germination; Spores; Superdormant spores

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CULTIVATION; NUTRIENTS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS SPORES; DIFFERENTIAL INTERFERENCE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; DIPICOLINIC ACIDS; GERMINANTS; MULTI-FOCUS; RAMAN MICROSPECTROSCOPY; RELEASE TIME; SPORE; SPORE GERMINATION; SUPERDORMANT SPORE;

GERMINATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CALCIUM; DIPICOLINIC ACID; GERMINANT RECEPTOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; DORMANCY; GROWTH; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SPORE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SPORE GERMINATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 84862777847     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2011.05230.x     Document Type: Article

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