Because flavonoids from legumes induce transcription of nodulation genes in symbiotic rhizobial bacteria, it is reasonable to test whether these compounds alter the development of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal (VAM) fungi that infect those plants. Quercetin-3-O-galactoside, the dominant flavonoid released naturally from alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) seeds, promoted spore germination of Glomus...

A considerable amount ofevidence suggests that metabolism ofgerminants or metabolism stimulated by them is involved in triggering bacterial-spore germination. On the assumption that such a metabolic trigger might lead to relatively small biochemical changes in the first few minutes of germination, sensitive analytical techniques were used to detect any changes in spore components during the L-a...

Within recent years, phages capable of infecting various Streptomyces species have been reported (Saudek and Colingsworth, 1947; Reilly et al., 1947; Koerber et al., 1950; Perlman et al., 1951; and Alexander and McCoy, 1956). Hoehn (1949) and subsequently Gilmour and Buthala (1950) demonstrated that streptomyces phage is indigenous to soil, the natural habitat of the host. The streptomyces host...

Spore formers are bacteria able to survive harsh environmental conditions by differentiating a specialized, highly resistant spore. In Bacillus subtilis, the model system for spore formers, the recently discovered crust and the proteinaceous coat are the external layers that surround the spore and contribute to its survival. The coat is formed by about seventy different proteins assembled and o...

Bacillus subtilis forms dormant spores upon nutrient depletion. Under favorable environmental conditions, the spore breaks its dormancy and resumes growth in a process called spore germination and outgrowth. To elucidate the physiological processes that occur during the transition of the dormant spore to an actively growing vegetative cell, we studied this process in a time-dependent manner by ...

Bacterial endospore dormancy and resistance properties depend on the relative dehydration of the spore core, which is maintained by the spore membrane and its surrounding cortex peptidoglycan wall. During spore germination, the cortex peptidoglycan is rapidly hydrolyzed by lytic enzymes packaged into the dormant spore. The peptidoglycan structures in both dormant and germinating Bacillus anthra...

Among the different types of bacteria being exploited as live vaccines Bacillus endospores have a number of distinct advantagesmost importantly being their heat stability. Typically antigens are displayed on the spore surface or expressed in the germinating spore, i.e., the vegetative cell. Howantigens are delivered by spores can significantly affect the nature of the resulting immune response....

Bacteria of the Bacillus cereus family form highly resistant spores, which in the case of the pathogen B. anthracis act as the agents of infection. The outermost layer, the exosporium, enveloping spores of the B. cereus family as well as a number of Clostridia, plays roles in spore adhesion, dissemination, targeting, and germination control. We have analyzed two naturally crystalline layers ass...

in order to control of penicilluim digitatum fungi in vitro condition, the effect of essential oils of cinnamomum verum, zataria multiflora, mentha pipereta, carum carvi, lavandula officinalis and satureja hortensis on inhibition of spore germination and colony growth at 25,50,75 ppm concentration, was examined. results showed that the cinnamon essential oil had the best effect on inhibition of...

The formation of bacterial spores is a highly regulated process and the ultimate properties of the spores are determined during sporulation and subsequent maturation. A wide variety of genes that are expressed during sporulation determine spore properties such as resistance to heat and other adverse environmental conditions, dormancy and germination responses. In this study we characterized the...