Involvement of alanine racemase in germination of Bacillus cereus spores lacking an intact exosporium

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 79-85

  Venir, Elena ^a   Del Torre, Manuela ^a   Cunsolo, Vincenzo ^b   Saletti, Rosaria ^b   Musetti, Rita ^a   Stecchini, Mara Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alanine racemase; d Cycloserine; Proteomics

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALANINE RACEMASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS CEREUS; CYCLOSERINE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEOMICS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84893697825     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: 1432072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-013-0946-y     Document Type: Article

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