Absence of Transient Elevated UV Resistance during Germination of Bacillus subtilis Spores Lacking Small, Acid-Soluble Spore Proteins α and β
- 1 June 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 170 (6) , 2858-2859
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.170.6.2858-2859.1988
Abstract
Germinating spores of Bacillus subtilis mutants which lack small, acid-soluble spore proteins α and β did not exhibit the transient elevated UV resistance seen during germination of wild-type spores.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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