Slow leakage of ca-dipicolinic acid from individual Bacillus spores during initiation of spore germination

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 197, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1095-1103

  Wang, Shiwei ^a   Setlow, Peter ^b   Li, Yong Qing ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM DIPICOLINIC ACID; DEXTRO ALANINE; DIPICOLINIC ACID; DODECYLAMINE; HYDROLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE; PICOLINIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; ENZYME DEGRADATION; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SPORE GERMINATION; TEMPERATURE; WILD TYPE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME FACTOR;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PICOLINIC ACIDS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84923267859     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.02490-14     Document Type: Article

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