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  • Title: Analysis of the slow germination of multiple individual superdormant Bacillus subtilis spores using multifocus Raman microspectroscopy and differential interference contrast microscopy.
    Author: Zhang P, Kong L, Wang G, Scotland M, Ghosh S, Setlow B, Setlow P, Li YQ.
    Journal: J Appl Microbiol; 2012 Mar; 112(3):526-36. PubMed ID: 22212253.
    Abstract:
    AIM: To analyse the dynamic germination of hundreds of individual superdormant (SD) Bacillus subtilis spores. METHODS AND RESULTS: Germination of hundreds of individual SD B. subtilis spores with various germinants and under different conditions was followed by multifocus Raman microspectroscopy and differential interference contrast microscopy for 12h and with temporal resolutions of ≤30s. SD spores germinated poorly with the nutrient germinant used to isolate them and with alternate germinants targeting the germinant receptor (GR) used originally. The mean times following mixing of spores and nutrient germinants to initiate and complete fast release of Ca-dipicolinic acid (CaDPA) (T(lag) and T(release) times, respectively) of SD spores were much longer than those of dormant spores. However, the ΔT(release) times (T(release) -T(lag) ) of SD spores were essentially identical to those of dormant spores. SD spores germinated almost as well as dormant spores with nutrient germinants targeting GRs different from the one used to isolate the SD spores and with CaDPA that does not trigger spore germination via GRs. CONCLUSIONS: Since (i) ΔT(release) times were essentially identical in GR-dependent germination of SD and dormant spores; (ii) rates of GR-independent germination of SD and dormant spores were identical; (iii) large increases in T(lag) times were the major difference in the GR-dependent germination of SD as compared with spores; and (iv) higher GR levels are correlated with shorter T(lag) times, these results are consistent with the hypothesis that low levels of a GR are the major reason that some spores in a population are SD with germinants targeting this same GR. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: This study provides information on the dynamic germination of individual SD spores and improves the understanding of spore superdormancy.
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