Role of the gerA operon in L-alanine germination of Bacillus licheniformis spores
Abstract Background The genome of Bacillus licheniformis DSM 13 harbours three neighbouring open reading frames showing protein sequence similarities to the proteins encoded from the Bacillus subtilis subsp.subtilis 168 gerA operon, GerAA, GerAB and GerAC.In B.subtilis, these proteins are assumed to form a germinant receptor involved in spore germi