Cited 12 times since 2005 (0.6 per year) source: EuropePMC Applied and environmental microbiology, Volume 71, Issue 10, 1 1 2005, Pages 6427-6430 Deletion of the sigB gene in Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579 leads to hydrogen peroxide hyperresistance. van Schaik W, Zwietering MH, de Vos WM, Abee T
The sigB gene of Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579 encodes the alternative sigma factor sigma(B). Deletion of sigB in B. cereus leads to hyperresistance to hydrogen peroxide. The expression of katA, which encodes one of the catalases of B. cereus, is upregulated in the sigB deletion mutant, and this may contribute to the hydrogen peroxide-resistant phenotype.
