Memory of germinant stimuli in bacterial spores

mBio

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Wang, Shiwei ^a   Faeder, James R ^b   Setlow, Peter ^c   Li, Yong Qing ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORE GERMINATION; STIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIPICOLINIC ACID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PICOLINIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PICOLINIC ACIDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84952802568     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.01859-15     Document Type: Article

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