Germination of dormant spores of Bacillus species is initiated when nutrient germinants bind to germinant receptors in spores' inner membrane and this interaction triggers the reléase of dipicolinic acid and cations from ...

Nutrient germination of spores of Bacillus species occurs through germinant receptors (GRs) in spores'inner membrane (IM) in a process stimulated by sublethal heat activation. Bacillus subtilis spores maximum germination ...

These results are consistent with heat activation acting primarily on GRs. However, (i) heat activation had no effects on GR or GerD protein conformation, as probed by biotinylation by an external reagent; (ii) spores ...