Enzyme-driven bacillus spore coat degradation leading to spore killing

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 654-663

  Mundra, Ruchir V ^a,b   Mehta, Krunal K ^a,b   Wu, Xia ^a,b   Paskaleva, Elena E ^b   Kane, Ravi S ^a,b   Dordick, Jonathan S ^a,b,c  

^a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Cortex lytic enzymes; Decontamination; Proteases; Spore coat; Spore killing

Indexed keywords

BACILLI; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIOLOGY; CROSSLINKING; CULTIVATION; DECONTAMINATION; PROTEINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOAPS (DETERGENTS);

CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICALS; ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN; LYTIC ENZYMES; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; PROTEASES; PROTEOLYTIC DEGRADATION; SPORE COAT; SPORE KILLING;

ENZYMES;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CHYMOTRYPSIN A; COLLAGENASE; ELASTASE; HYDROLASE; LYSOZYME; PEPSIN A; PRONASE; PROTEINASE K; SLEB ENZYME; SUBTILISIN; THERMOLYSIN; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; ENZYME DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPORE GERMINATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS;

BACILLUS; CORTEX LYTIC ENZYMES; DECONTAMINATION; PROTEASES; SPORE COAT; SPORE KILLING;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; DISINFECTION; MURAMIDASE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84894275727     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.25132     Document Type: Article

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