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JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY
Volume 192, Issue 1, Pages 111-116Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00954-09
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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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