The role of the exosporium in the environmental distribution of anthrax

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 396-403

  Williams, G ^a   Linley, E ^a   Nicholas, R ^a   Baillie, L ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attachment; Bacillus anthracis; Exosporium; Soil; Spores

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY;

ATTACHMENT; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTRIBUTION; EXOSPORIUM; ORGANIC CALCIUMS; ORGANIC MATERIALS; OUTER LAYER; SOIL TYPES; SPORE; WILD TYPES;

SOILS;

ANTHRAX; BACTERIUM; CALCIUM; COLONY; INFECTIVITY; LIVESTOCK; PERSISTENCE; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL SURFACE; SPORE;

ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXOSPORIUM; NONHUMAN; PH; SOIL; SOIL STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASOUND; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

EID: 84872385364     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jam.12034     Document Type: Article

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