title: Bacillus cereus responses to acid stress.
abstract: Coping with acid environments is one of the prerequisites for the soil saprophytic and human pathogenic lifestyle of Bacillus cereus. This minireview highlights novel insights in the responses displayed by vegetative cells and germinating spores of B. cereus upon exposure to low pH as well as organic acids, including acetic acid, lactic acid and sorbic acid. Insights regarding the possible acid-inflicted damage, physiological responses and protective mechanisms have been compiled based on single cell fluorescence microscopy, flow cytometry and transcriptome analyses.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Genetics Group, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands. j.m.mols@rug.nl
authors.forename: Maarten
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mols
authors.forename: Tjakko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abee
mesh_terms: D019342:Acetic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D001409:Bacillus cereus / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D013011:Sorbic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology; D013312:Stress, Physiological; D059467:Transcriptome
chemical_list: D019344:Lactic Acid; D019342:Acetic Acid; D013011:Sorbic Acid