Germination of Spores of the Orders Bacillales and Clostridiales

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue , 2017, Pages 459-477

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Clostridiodes difficile; Clostridium; Cortex hydrolysis; Dipicolinic acid; Germination; Spores

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; DIPICOLINIC ACID; LIPID; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; MEMBRANE LIPID; PICOLINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACILLALES; CLOSTRIDIALES; HEAT TREATMENT; INNER MEMBRANE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; SENSOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORE GERMINATION; WATER TRANSPORT; BACTERIAL SPORE; CELL WALL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; METABOLISM;

BACILLALES; CELL WALL; CLOSTRIDIALES; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PICOLINIC ACIDS; SPORES; WATER;

EID: 85029323123     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: 15453251     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-micro-090816-093558     Document Type: Article

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