Impact of Sorbic Acid on Germinant Receptor-Dependent and -Independent Germination Pathways in <i>Bacillus cereus</i>

C.C.J. van Melis, M.N. Nierop Groot, Tjakko Abee

Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 2011 · 23 citations · 16 references

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Amino acid- and inosine-induced germination of Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579 spores was reversibly inhibited in the presence of 3 mM undissociated sorbic acid. Exposure to high hydrostatic pressure, Ca-dipicolinic acid (DPA), and bryostatin, an activator of PrkC kinase, negated this inhibition, pointing to specific blockage of signal transduction in germinant receptor-mediated germination.

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