Exposure of Bacillus subtilis to low pressure (5 kilopascals) induces several global regulons, including those involved in the SigB-mediated general stress response

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 4788-4794

  Waters, Samantha M ^a   Robles Martínez, José A ^a,b   Nicholson, Wayne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; MICROARRAYS; TRANSCRIPTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS CELLS; BACTERIAL CELLS; CELLULAR PROCESS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL RESPONSE; NORMAL ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; STRESS RESPONSE;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SIGB PROTEIN, BACTERIA; SIGMA FACTOR;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OPERON; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; REGULON;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OPERON; PRESSURE; REGULON; SIGMA FACTOR; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84904861372     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00885-14     Document Type: Article

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