Rapid and effective method for the separation of Bacillus subtilis vegetative cells and spores

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 455-457

  Seydlová, Gabriela ^a   Svobodová, Jaroslava ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CENTRIFUGATION; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CENTRIFUGATION; MURAMIDASE; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84865509670     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12223-012-0157-y     Document Type: Article

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