Unraveling the predator-prey relationship of Cupriavidus necator and Bacillus subtilis

Microbiological Research

Volumn 192, Issue , 2016, Pages 231-238

  Seccareccia, Ivana ^a   Kovács, Ákos T ^b   Gallegos Monterrosa, Ramses ^b   Nett, Markus ^a,c  

^a HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Cupriavidus necator; Predator prey relationship; Spore resistance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; EXTRACELLULAR; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MYXOBACTERIA; PREDATOR CELLS; PREDATOR-PREY RELATIONSHIPS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

BACTERIOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; COPPER COMPOUND; MICROORGANISM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; SPORE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; MYXOCOCCALES; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

COPPER;

ANTIBIOSIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTIBIOSIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; COPPER; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; MUTATION; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84982861475     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2016.07.007     Document Type: Article

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