Water and small-molecule permeation of dormant Bacillus subtilis spores

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 168-177

  Knudsen, Scott M ^a   Cermak, Nathan ^a   Delgado, Francisco Feijó ^a   Setlow, Barbara ^b   Setlow, Peter ^b   Manalis, Scott R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM OXIDE; DODECYLAMINE; GLYCEROL; SUCROSE; VALINE; WATER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORE GERMINATION; WATER PERMEABILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PERMEABILITY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PERMEABILITY; SPORES, BACTERIAL; WATER;

EID: 84953924417     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00435-15     Document Type: Article

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