High salinity alters the germination behavior of Bacillus subtilis spores with nutrient and nonnutrient germinants

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1314-1321

  Nagler, Katja ^a   Setlow, Peter ^b   Li, Yong Qing ^c   Moeller, Ralf ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS SPORES; COMPLEX EFFECTS; GERMINANTS; HIGH SALINITY; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; NACL CONCENTRATION; PHASE-CONTRAST; SPORE GERMINATION;

AMINO ACIDS; HEAT RESISTANCE; NUTRIENTS;

CULTIVATION;

BACTERIUM; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROWTH RATE; HETEROGENEITY; INHIBITION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SALINITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPORE;

ALANINE; DIPICOLINIC ACID; PICOLINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; SALINITY;

ALANINE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; PICOLINIC ACIDS; SALINITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84893374489     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03293-13     Document Type: Article

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