Role of germinant receptors in Caco-2 cell-initiated germination of Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579 endospores.
Spores obtained from Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579 and mutant strains lacking each of seven germinant receptor operons were exposed to differentiated Caco-2 cells and monitored for germination. Spores of the gerI and gerL mutants showed a reduced germination response, pointing to a role for these receptors in Caco-2-induced germination.
Hornstra
Luc M
LM
TI Food and Nutrition, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
van der Voort
Menno
M
Wijnands
Lucas M
LM
Roubos-van den Hil
Petra J
PJ
Abee
Tjakko
T
D001409:Bacillus cereus / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D018938:Caco-2 Cells; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000382:microbiology*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000166:cytology / Q000382:microbiology*; D009154:Mutation; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development*