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Efficient Inhibition of Germination of Coat-Deficient Bacterial Spores by Multivalent Metal Cations, Including Terbium (Tb3+)

(2011) Xuan Yi et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Rapid confocal Raman imaging using a synchro multifoci-scan scheme for dynamic monitoring of single living cells

(2011) Lingbo Kong et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

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

Multifocus confocal Raman microspectroscopy for rapid single-particle analysis

(2011) Lingbo Kong et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS

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

Monitoring the Kinetics of Uptake of a Nucleic Acid Dye during the Germination of Single Spores ofBacillusSpecies

(2010) Lingbo Kong et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

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

(2010) X. Yi 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

Combination of Raman tweezers and quantitative differential interference contrast microscopy for measurement of dynamics and heterogeneity during the germination of individual bacterial spores

(2010) Pengfei Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS

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

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

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