The spore coat

Microbiology Spectrum

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Driks, Adam ^a   Eichenberger, Patrick ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLALES; BACTERIAL SPORE; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; CLOSTRIDIALES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACILLALES; CELL WALL; CLOSTRIDIALES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84996690395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21650497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.TBS-0023-2016     Document Type: Article

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