Summer meeting 2013 - when the sleepers wake: The germination of spores of Bacillus species

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1251-1268

  Setlow, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Spore germination; Spores

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CULTIVATION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; NUTRIENTS; PROTEINS;

BACILLUS SPECIES; CORTEXES; DODECYL AMINES; GERMINANTS; MAJOR EVENTS; MONOVALENT CATIONS; PEPTIDOGLYCANS; RECEPTOR LEVELS; SPORE; SPORE GERMINATION;

GERMINATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALANINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CWLJ PROTEIN; DEXTRO ALANINE; GERD PROTEIN; GERP PROTEIN; HYDROLASE; MONOVALENT CATION; SLEB PROTEIN; SPOVA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YPEB PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; GERMINATION; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; METABOLISM; NUTRIENT; SPORE; SUMMER;

BACILLUS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS;

EID: 84887817255     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jam.12343     Document Type: Review

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