Disease relevance of Spores, Bacterial

• Bacillus species (Bacillus cereus, Bacillus clausii, Bacillus pumilus) carried in five commercial probiotic products consisting of bacterial spores were characterized for potential attributes (colonization, immunostimulation, and antimicrobial activity) that could account for their claimed probiotic properties [1].
• Cooperative manganese (II) activation of 3-phosphoglycerate mutase of Bacillus megaterium: a biological pH-sensing mechanism in bacterial spore formation and germination [2].
• After penetrating the Biostack capsule, some of the HZE particles hit the biological objects carried: bacterial spores (Bacillus subtilis), seeds (Arabidopsis thaliana and Vicia faba), and shrimp eggs (Artemia salina) [3].

High impact information on Spores, Bacterial

• Among the large number of probiotic products in use today are bacterial spore formers, mostly of the genus Bacillus [4].
• Rapid, reagentless detection and identification of bacterial spores with no false positives from a complex mixed sample containing polystyrene and silica beads in aqueous suspension is demonstrated [5].
• The rate of commitment of bacterial spores to germinate after short exposure to L-alanine increases exponentially from the time of addition of L-alanine [6].
• Assessment of heat resistance of bacterial spores from food product isolates by fluorescence monitoring of dipicolinic acid release [7].
• High-pressure CO2 treatment has been studied as a promising method for inactivating bacterial spores [8].

Biological context of Spores, Bacterial

• A method for the determination of bacterial spore DNA content based on isotopic labelling, spore germination and diphenylamine assay; ploidy of spores of several Bacillus species [9].

Anatomical context of Spores, Bacterial

• Chlorine dioxide inactivation of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts and bacterial spore indicators [10].

Associations of Spores, Bacterial with chemical compounds

• A gas-liquid chromatographic procedure has been developed to quantitate dipicolinic acid in bacterial spores [11].
• At a gas-aerosol concentration of 15 to 20 mg/m3 and a relative humidity of about 80%, glutaraldehyde had a good disinfectant effect against both vegetative bacteria (decimal reduction time, less than 5 min) and bacterial spores (decimal reduction time, less than 45 min) [12].
• The predominant photolesion in the DNA of UV-irradiated dormant bacterial spores is the thymine dimer 5-thyminyl-5,6-dihydrothymine, commonly referred to as spore photoproduct (SP) [13].
• Chemical germination of native and cation-exchanged bacterial spores with trifluoperazine [14].
• A method for the measurement of muramic lactam, which is specifically located in the cortical peptidoglycan of bacterial spores, was developed as a quantitative assay method for spore cortex content [15].

Gene context of Spores, Bacterial

• Levels of bacterial spores per square meter on the VLC-1 and VLC-2 were 1.6 x 10(2) and 9.7 x 10(1), respectively, prior to dry-heat sterilization [16].
• Radiation-dependent limit for the viability of bacterial spores in halite fluid inclusions and on Mars [17].
• A method has been devised to differentiate viable and nonviable bacterial spores. "Germination-like" changes are initiated in spores with performic acid and lysozyme [18].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Spores, Bacterial

• Uptake of glutaraldehyde to bacterial spores, germinating and outgrowing spores, vegetative cells (sporing and non-sporing bacteria), various types of rubber, plastic and an endoscope was investigated [19].

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