mBio (Apr 2021)

No Light, No Germination: Excitation of the Rhodospirillum centenum Photosynthetic Apparatus Is Necessary and Sufficient for Cyst Germination

Nandhini Ashok,
Kuang He,
Carl E. Bauer

Affiliations

Nandhini Ashok: Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Kuang He: Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Carl E. Bauer: ORCiD; Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.03619-20
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 2

Abstract

Environmental cues that signal Gram-positive spores to germinate (termed germinants) have been identified for several BacillusClostridium

Published in mBio

ISSN: 2161-2129 (Print); 2150-7511 (Online)
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: https://journals.asm.org/journal/mbio

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