HEAT ADAPTATION AND ION EXCHANGE IN BACILLUS MEGATERIUM SPORES.
A new spore phenomenon is described in which induction of increased heat resistance occurs during the process of heating. In buffered environments the acid form of dormant mature bacterial spores shows a temperature dependent adaptation to heat which is correlated with the rate of uptake of Ca(OH)(2) by titration at constant p(H) in neutral salt solution.
D001410:Bacillus megaterium; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007474:Ion Exchange; D010829:Physiological Phenomena; D012106:Research; D013171:Spores, Bacterial
BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; EXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDY; HEAT; ION EXCHANGE