Summer meeting 2013 - when the sleepers wake: the germination of spores ofBacillusspecies

Direct investigation of viscosity of an atypical inner membrane of Bacillus spores: A molecular rotor/FLIM study

(2013) Pauline Loison et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

High hydrostatic pressure-induced inactivation of bacterial spores

(2013) Mahfuzur R. Sarker et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Topology and Accessibility of Germination Proteins in the Bacillus subtilis Spore Inner Membrane

(2013) G. Korza et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Molecular Kinetics of Reviving Bacterial Spores

(2013) E. Segev et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Expression Level of Bacillus subtilis Germinant Receptors Determines the Average Rate but Not the Heterogeneity of Spore Germination

(2013) J.-q. Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Numbers of Individual Nutrient Germinant Receptors and Other Germination Proteins in Spores of Bacillus subtilis

(2013) K.-A. V. Stewart et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Activity and Regulation of Various Forms of CwlJ, SleB, and YpeB Proteins in Degrading Cortex Peptidoglycan of Spores of Bacillus Species In Vitro and during Spore Germination

(2013) Y. Li et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The Clostridium perfringens Germinant Receptor Protein GerKC Is Located in the Spore Inner Membrane and Is Crucial for Spore Germination

(2013) S. Banawas et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Identification of New Proteins That Modulate the Germination of Spores of Bacillus Species

(2013) A. Ramirez-Peralta et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Investigating the Functional Hierarchy of Bacillus megaterium PV361 Spore Germinant Receptors

(2013) S. Gupta et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Observation of the dynamic germination of single bacterial spores using rapid Raman imaging

(2013) Lingbo Kong et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS

A novel RNA polymerase-binding protein controlling genes involved in spore germination inBacillus subtilis

(2013) Bjorn A. Traag et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Kinetics of Germination of Individual Spores of Geobacillus stearothermophilus as Measured by Raman Spectroscopy and Differential Interference Contrast Microscopy

(2013) Tingting Zhou et al.   PLoS One

The catalytic domain of the germination-specific lytic transglycosylase SleB fromBacillus anthracisdisplays a unique active site topology

(2013) Xing Jing et al.   PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS

Mechanisms of endospore inactivation under high pressure

(2013) Kai Reineke et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Bile Acid Recognition by the Clostridium difficile Germinant Receptor, CspC, Is Important for Establishing Infection

(2013) Michael B. Francis et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Effects of Sporulation Conditions on the Germination and Germination Protein Levels of Bacillus subtilis Spores

(2012) Arturo Ramirez-Peralta et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Effects of wet heat treatment on the germination of individual spores of Clostridium perfringens

(2012) G. Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Role of a SpoVA Protein in Dipicolinic Acid Uptake into Developing Spores of Bacillus subtilis

(2012) Y. Li et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Germination Protein Levels and Rates of Germination of Spores of Bacillus subtilis with Overexpressed or Deleted Genes Encoding Germination Proteins

(2012) K.-A. V. Stewart et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Crystal Structure of the Catalytic Domain of the Bacillus cereus SleB Protein, Important in Cortex Peptidoglycan Degradation during Spore Germination

(2012) Y. Li et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Analysis of the Effects of a gerP Mutation on the Germination of Spores of Bacillus subtilis

(2012) X. Y. Butzin et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Levels of Germination Proteins in Dormant and Superdormant Spores of Bacillus subtilis

(2012) S. Ghosh et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Effects of the SpoVT Regulatory Protein on the Germination and Germination Protein Levels of Spores of Bacillus subtilis

(2012) A. Ramirez-Peralta et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

In vitro and in vivo analyses of the Bacillus anthracis spore cortex lytic protein SleL

(2012) E. A. Lambert et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

The Bacillus subtilis endospore: assembly and functions of the multilayered coat

(2012) Peter T. McKenney et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Kinetics of Germination of Wet-Heat-Treated Individual Spores of Bacillus Species, Monitored by Raman Spectroscopy and Differential Interference Contrast Microscopy

(2011) Guiwen Wang et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

RNA Dynamics in Aging Bacterial Spores

(2011) Einat Segev et al.   CELL

Analysis of the germination of individual Clostridium perfringens spores and its heterogeneity

(2011) G. Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Analysis of the slow germination of multiple individual superdormant Bacillus subtilis spores using multifocus Raman microspectroscopy and differential interference contrast microscopy

(2011) P. Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Effect of Amino Acid Substitutions in the GerAA Protein on the Function of the Alanine-Responsive Germinant Receptor of Bacillus subtilis Spores

(2011) W. Mongkolthanaruk et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Germination of Individual Bacillus subtilis Spores with Alterations in the GerD and SpoVA Proteins, Which Are Important in Spore Germination

(2011) G. Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Cooperativity and Interference of Germination Pathways in Bacillus anthracis Spores

(2011) H. Luu et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Effects of Cortex Peptidoglycan Structure and Cortex Hydrolysis on the Kinetics of Ca2+-Dipicolinic Acid Release during Bacillus subtilis Spore Germination

(2011) P. Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Synergism between Different Germinant Receptors in the Germination of Bacillus subtilis Spores

(2011) X. Yi et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Membrane Topology of the Bacillus anthracis GerH Germinant Receptor Proteins

(2011) M. J. Wilson et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Quantitative Analysis of Spatial-Temporal Correlations during Germination of Spores of Bacillus Species

(2011) J. Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Structure-Based Functional Studies of the Effects of Amino Acid Substitutions in GerBC, the C Subunit of the Bacillus subtilis GerB Spore Germinant Receptor

(2011) Y. Li et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Amino Acid Residues in the GerAB Protein Important in the Function and Assembly of the Alanine Spore Germination Receptor of Bacillus subtilis 168

(2011) G. R. Cooper et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Germination proteins in the inner membrane of dormant Bacillus subtilis spores colocalize in a discrete cluster

(2011) Keren K. Griffiths et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Characterization of bacterial spore germination using phase-contrast and fluorescence microscopy, Raman spectroscopy and optical tweezers

(2011) Lingbo Kong et al.   Nature Protocols

Hierarchical Evolution of the Bacterial Sporulation Network

(2010) Michiel J.L. de Hoon et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Bacterial spores in food: how phenotypic variability complicates prediction of spore properties and bacterial behavior

(2010) Robyn T Eijlander et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Clostridial spore germination versus bacilli: Genome mining and current insights

(2010) Yinghua Xiao et al.   FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

Lag time variability in individual spores of Clostridium botulinum

(2010) S.C. Stringer et al.   FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

Studies of the Commitment Step in the Germination of Spores of Bacillus Species

(2010) X. Yi et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Identification of a Receptor Subunit and Putative Ligand-Binding Residues Involved in the Bacillus megaterium QM B1551 Spore Germination Response to Glucose

(2010) G. Christie et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Mutational Analysis of Bacillus megaterium QM B1551 Cortex-Lytic Enzymes

(2010) G. Christie et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

In Vitro Studies of Peptidoglycan Binding and Hydrolysis by the Bacillus anthracis Germination-Specific Lytic Enzyme SleB

(2010) J. D. Heffron et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Factors Affecting Variability in Time between Addition of Nutrient Germinants and Rapid Dipicolinic Acid Release during Germination of Spores of Bacillus Species

(2010) P. Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Crystal Structure of the GerBC Component of a Bacillus subtilis Spore Germinant Receptor

(2010) Yunfeng Li et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Role of the gerP Operon in Germination and Outgrowth of Bacillus anthracis Spores

(2010) Katherine A. Carr et al.   PLoS One

Clostridium difficile spore germination: an update

(2010) David A. Burns et al.   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

Germination of spores of Bacillales and Clostridiales species: mechanisms and proteins involved

(2010) Daniel Paredes-Sabja et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Elastic and Inelastic Light Scattering from Single Bacterial Spores in an Optical Trap Allows the Monitoring of Spore Germination Dynamics

(2009) Lixin Peng et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Effects of modification of membrane lipid composition onBacillus subtilissporulation and spore properties

(2009) K.K. Griffiths et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Characterization of the germination ofBacillus megateriumspores lacking enzymes that degrade the spore cortex

(2009) B. Setlow et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

The preparation, germination properties and stability of superdormant spores ofBacillus cereus

(2009) S. Ghosh et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

The Germination-Specific Lytic Enzymes SleB, CwlJ1, and CwlJ2 Each Contribute to Bacillus anthracis Spore Germination and Virulence

(2009) J. D. Giebel et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Contributions of Four Cortex Lytic Enzymes to Germination of Bacillus anthracis Spores

(2009) J. D. Heffron et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Superdormant Spores of Bacillus Species Have Elevated Wet-Heat Resistance and Temperature Requirements for Heat Activation

(2009) S. Ghosh et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

SleC Is Essential for Germination of Clostridium difficile Spores in Nutrient-Rich Medium Supplemented with the Bile Salt Taurocholate

(2009) D. A. Burns et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Isolation and Characterization of Superdormant Spores of Bacillus Species

(2009) S. Ghosh et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

SleC Is Essential for Cortex Peptidoglycan Hydrolysis during Germination of Spores of the Pathogenic Bacterium Clostridium perfringens

(2009) D. Paredes-Sabja et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The protease CspB is essential for initiation of cortex hydrolysis and dipicolinic acid (DPA) release during germination of spores of Clostridium perfringens type A food poisoning isolates

(2009) D. Paredes-Sabja et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Localization of the GerD spore germination protein in the Bacillus subtilis spore

(2009) W. Mongkolthanaruk et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Characterization of single heat-activated Bacillus spores using laser tweezers 
Raman spectroscopy

(2009) Pengfei Zhang et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

The physical state of water in bacterial spores

(2009) E. P. Sunde et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Eukaryotic-like Ser/Thr Kinase Signals Bacteria to Exit Dormancy in Response to Peptidoglycan Fragments

(2008) Ishita M. Shah et al.   CELL

Functional Consequences of Amino Acid Substitutions to GerVB, a Component of the Bacillus megaterium Spore Germinant Receptor

(2008) G. Christie et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Localization of the Germination Protein GerD to the Inner Membrane in Bacillus subtilis Spores

(2008) P. L. Pelczar et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Characterization of Clostridium perfringens Spores That Lack SpoVA Proteins and Dipicolinic Acid

(2008) D. Paredes-Sabja et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Release of Small Molecules during Germination of Spores of Bacillus Species

(2008) B. Setlow et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The Bacillus anthracis SleL (YaaH) Protein Is an N-Acetylglucosaminidase Involved in Spore Cortex Depolymerization

(2008) E. A. Lambert et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The Spore-Specific Alanine Racemase of Bacillus anthracis and Its Role in Suppressing Germination during Spore Development

(2008) O. N. Chesnokova et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY