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Reconstitution of Bacterial Spore Coat Layers in Vitro

Overview
Journal J Bacteriol
Publisher American Society for Microbiology
Specialty Microbiology
Date 1971 Oct 1
PMID 5001206
Citations 17
Authors
A I Aronson
P C Fitz-James
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Abstract

The spore coat layers of Bacillus cereus T can be at least partially restored by mixing spores stripped of their coat with solubilized coat protein.

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