The Exosporium Layer of Bacterial Spores: A Connection to the Environment and the Infected Host

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 437-457

  Stewart, George C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOLOGY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FAMILY; FAMILY STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; PATHOGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ANIMAL; BACILLACEAE INFECTION; BACILLUS; CHEMISTRY; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; BACILLACEAE INFECTIONS; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84948424734     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: 10985557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00050-15     Document Type: Review

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