Kinetics of Germination of Individual Spores of Geobacillus stearothermophilus as Measured by Raman Spectroscopy and Differential Interference Contrast Microscopy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Zhou, Tingting ^a,c   Dong, Zhiyang ^a   Setlow, Peter ^b   Li, Yong qing ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; DODECYLAMINE; SODIUM NITRITE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL INTERFERENCE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPOROGENESIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

BETA-ALANINE; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; HOT TEMPERATURE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84884156209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074987     Document Type: Article

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