Candidate genes that may be responsible for the unusual resistances exhibited by Bacillus pumilus SAFR-032 spores.

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Published in PLoS One on June 14, 2013

Authors

Madhan R Tirumalai1, Rajat Rastogi, Nader Zamani, Elisha O'Bryant Williams, Shamail Allen, Fatma Diouf, Sharon Kwende, George M Weinstock, Kasthuri J Venkateswaran, George E Fox

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America.

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