ArticleJournal of bacteriology2010
The silicon layer supports acid resistance of Bacillus cereus spores.
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- Silica removal at sewage treatment plants causes new silica deficiency.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Intracellular silicification by early-branching magnetotactic bacteria.Science advances · 2022Article
- The potential of nanomaterials associated with plant growth-promoting bacteria in agriculture.3 Biotech · 2021Review
- Engineered Living Materials: Prospects and Challenges for Using Biological Systems to Direct the Assembly of Smart Materials.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2018Review
- Geochemical constraints on the Hadean environment from mineral fingerprints of prokaryotes.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- The C-Terminal Zwitterionic Sequence of CotB1 Is Essential for Biosilicification of the Bacillus cereus Spore Coat.Journal of bacteriology · 2016Article
- Bacillus thuringiensis as a surrogate for Bacillus anthracis in aerosol research.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2014Review
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Abstract
Silicon (Si) is considered to be a "quasiessential" element for most living organisms. However, silicate uptake in bacteria and its physiological functions have remained obscure. We observed that Si is deposited in a spore coat layer of nanometer-sized particles in Bacillus cereus and that the Si layer enhances acid resistance. The novel acid resistance of the spore mediated by Si encapsulation was also observed in other Bacillus strains, representing a general adaptation enhancing survival under acidic conditions.
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