Kinetics of Germination of Individual Spores of Geobacillus stearothermophilus as Measured by Raman Spectroscopy and Differential Interference Contrast Microscopy

• Tingting Zhou,

  Affiliations Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Department of Physics, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Zhiyang Dong,

  Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Peter Setlow,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

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• Yong-qing Li

  * E-mail: liy@ecu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Physics, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America

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