The Bacillus subtilis spore coat provides "eat resistance" during phagocytic predation by the protozoan Tetrahymena thermophila.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on December 21, 2005

Authors

Lawrence A Klobutcher1, Katerina Ragkousi, Peter Setlow

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Molecular, Microbial, and Structural Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030-3305, USA.

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