Identification of differentially expressed genes during Bacillus subtilis spore outgrowth in high-salinity environments using RNA sequencing

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue OCT, 2016, Pages

  Nagler, Katja ^a   Krawczyk, Antonina O ^b   De Jong, Anne ^b   Madela, Kazimierz ^c   Hoffmann, Tamara ^d   Laue, Michael ^c   Kuipers, Oscar P ^b   Bremer, Erhard ^d   Moeller, Ralf ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

B. subtilis spore germination; High salinity; NaCl; Osmotic stress; Outgrowth; Ripening; RNA seq

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GERMINATION; HOMEOSTASIS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; RNA ISOLATION; SALT TOLERANCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPORE GERMINATION; STRESS;

EID: 84996931228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01564     Document Type: Article

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