Pigmentation and Sporulation Are Alternative Cell Fates in Bacillus pumilus SF214

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Manzo, Nicola ^a   Di Luccia, Blanda ^a   Isticato, Rachele ^a   D'Apuzzo, Enrica ^a   de Felice, Maurilio ^a   Ricca, Ezio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; GROWTH CURVE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PIGMENTATION; SPOROGENESIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; BACILLUS; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

CULTURE MEDIUM; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

BACILLUS; CULTURE MEDIA; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PIGMENTATION; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84876743315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062093     Document Type: Article

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