L-alanine-induced germination in Bacillus licheniformis -the impact of native gerA sequences

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Madslien, Elisabeth H ^a,b   Granum, Per Einar ^b   Blatny, Janet M ^a   Lindbäck, Toril ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bacillus licheniformis; Genotype; gerA; Germinant receptor; Germination; L alanine

Indexed keywords

ALANINE;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GERA GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PH; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PHENOTYPE; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS; TEMPERATURE;

ALANINE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTANT PROTEINS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84899656219     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-14-101     Document Type: Article

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