Spore Research 1976 V1

Contents of Volume IContributors Introduction Conference Address Metabolic Control of Sporulation Cognate Disciplines Peptidoglycans (Mucopeptides), Structure, Form and Function Biological Significance of Chelation Genetics and Control Keynote Address: Spore Germination in Bacillus eubtilis Further Studies on Conditional Germination Mutants of Bacillus subtilis Characterization of Bacillus subtilis Mutants Altered in the Control of Sporulation Alkaline Phosphatases The Regulation of Sporulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Genetic and Biochemical Studies on the Role of Nitrogen Repression Induction of Prophage During Germination and Sporulation in Streptomyces coelicolor Sporulation and Spore Properties The Estimation of Lecithinase C (a Toxin) in Cultures of Clostridium welchii Nutrition and Toxin Production by Clostridium bifermentans in Relation to Sporulation The Formation in Media Affording Different Growth Rates of Spores of Bacillus megaterium Containing Varying Amounts of Deoxyribonucleic Acid Initiation of Sporulation and the Role of Highly Phosphorylated Nucleotides Affinity Chromatographie Analysis of Ribosomal Changes During Sporulation of Bacillus subtilis Synchronous Elongation of Clostridium thermosaccharolyticum and its Relation to Stage I of Sporulation Calcium Accumulation and Membrane Morphogenesis in Forespore and Mother-Cell Compartments During Sporulation of Bacillus megaterium Envelope Proteins of Aerobic Sporeformers The Ultrastructure of Clostridium perfringens spores Immunocytochemical Localization of Bacillus cereus Exosporial and Spore Coat Antigens in Ultrathin Sections Adenosine Phosphorylase from Vegetative Forms and Free Spores of Bacillus subtilis: Properties and Possible Physiological Role Isolation and Properties of a Surface-Bound Cortex-Lytic Enzyme from Spores of Bacillus cereus T A Chemical Study of the'Parasporal Crystal of Bacillus thuringiensis Butyricin Resistance and the Membrane ATPase of Sporulating Clostridium pasteurianum Isolation and Characterization of Nucleoids of Bacillus subtilis During Growth and Sporulation Enzymological Studies of the Oncolytic Effect of Clostridium oncolyticum Physiology of Sporeforming Bacteria Associated with Insects: Enzymatic Analysis of the Aerobic and Anaerobic Metabolism of Bacillus popilliae, Bacillus lentimorbus, and Bacillus larvaeContents of Volume II Heat Resistance Role of Osmoregulation in the Heat Resistance of Spores and Vegetative Cells Heat-Induced Sub-Lethal Damage of Bacillus cereus Forespores The Acid Sensitization of Heat Resistant Bacterial Spores The Combined Influence of pH and Water Activity on the Heat Resistance of Clostridium botulinum Types A and B The Heat Resistance of Bacillus subtilis 1-12 in Relation to the Water Activity During Pre-Equilibration and During Exposure to Heat Inherent Genetic Differences in Dry Heat Resistance of some Bacillus Spores Survivor Curves or Bacterial Spores Heated in Parenteral Solutions Chelation Characteristics of Calcium in Relation to Water Binding and Heat Resistance of Bacterial Endospores The Heat Resistance of Ascospores of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Strain 195 and Saccharomyces chevalieri Strain 215, Isolated from Heat Preserved Fruit Juice Radiation Resistance Studies on the Sensitising Mechanism of Pre-Irradiation to a Subsequent Heat Treatment on Bacterial Spores Influence of Gamma-Radiâtion, Chemicals and Heating with Chlorocresol on the Inactivation of Various Bacterial Spores Characteristics of Radiation Survival Curves of Spores of Clostridium botulinum Strains Gamma Irradiation at -30 ± 10° of Low Level Nitrite/ Nitrate Ham Radiobiological Evidence for the Existence of a Dehydrated Core in Bacterial Spores Germination and Outgrowth Keynote Address: Protein Metabolism During Germination of Spores of Bacillus Species Germination of Untreated or Hydrogen Peroxide Treated Bacillus licheniformis Spores with Ionic or Nutrient Initiators A Germinant for Bacillus cereus Derived from Pasteurized Milk L-Alanine Binding During Initiation of Germination in Bacillus subtilis Germination Responses in Three Clostridium Species Acid Induced Germination of Bacillus acidocaldarius Spores Subtilisin Induced Germination of Bacillus cereus Px Spores and the Effects of Dimethylsulphoxide Adenosinetriphosphatase Involvement During Initiation of Germination: Interference by Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide Effects of Chemically Inert Gases on the Germination of Bacillus cereus Spores The Inhibitory Effect of Bicarbonate on the Germination of Bacillus Spores The Effect of Water Activity and the aw~Controlling Solute on Germination of Bacterial Spores Outgrowth of Spores of Clostridium botulinum Type E Autoradiographic and Electron Microscopic Study of Nuclear and Cellular Segregation in Clostridium botulinum 33A Spores Taxonomy and Ecology Keynote Address: The Diversity of Spore-Forming Bacteria: Some Ecological Implications Taxonomic Significance of Polar Lipids in Some Thermophilic Members of Bacillus A Study of Bacillus cereus Biotypes Isolated from Milk and Soil The Occurrence of Clostridia, Particularly Clostridium botulinum in Bacon and PorkSubject Index