Uptake of and Resistance to the Antibiotic Berberine by Individual Dormant, Germinating and Outgrowing Bacillus Spores as Monitored by Laser Tweezers Raman Spectroscopy - Wang, Shiwei; Yu, Jing; Suvira, Milomir; Setlow, Peter; Li, Yong-qing (PloS one, 2015)
Keywords: Alkaloids; Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacokinetics; Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; Antibiotics; Antimicrobial agents; Bacillus; Bacillus - drug effects; Bacillus - physiology; Bacillus subtilis; Bacteria; Berberine; Berberine - pharmacology; Biophysics; Cell division; Clostridium; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; Drug resistance; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; E coli; Escherichia coli; Fluorescence; Fluorescence microscopy; Gene expression; Germination; Health aspects; Kinetics; Lasers; Lysis; Microbial drug resistance; Microorganisms; Microscopy; Molecular biology; Multidrug resistance; Nucleic acids; Optical Tweezers; Pharmacology; Physics; Plant extracts; Proteins; Raman spectroscopy; Reaction kinetics; Spectroscopy; Spectrum Analysis, Raman; Spore coats; Spore germination; Spore outgrowth; Spores; Spores, Bacterial - chemistry; Spores, Bacterial - drug effects; Valine; Valine - metabolism; North Carolina; United States--US; Connecticut