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Science 10 January 1964:
Vol. 143. no. 3602, pp. 141 - 143
DOI: 10.1126/science.143.3602.141
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Heat Adaptation and Ion Exchange in Bacillus megaterium Spores

Gordon Alderton 1, P. A. Thompson 1, and Neva Snell 1

1 Western Regional Research Laboratory, Albany 10, California

A new spore phenomenon is described in which induction of increased heat resistance occurs during the process of heating. In buffered environments the acid form of dormant mature bacterial spores shows a temperature dependent adaptation to heat which is correlated with the rate of uptake of Ca(OH)2 by titration at constant pH in neutral salt solution.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Bacterial Spores: Chemical Sensitization to Heat.
G. Alderton and N. Snell (1969)
Science 163, 1212-1213
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