Nucleotide (GenBank) : L13418 Bacillus stearothermophilus maltose permease (malA) gene, complete cds.

Nucleotide (GenBank) : M16814 B.stearothermophilus small acid-soluble spore protein (B-type SASP) gene, complete cds.

Nucleotide (GenBank) : M86508 Bacillus stearothermophilus proton glutamate symport protein (gltP) gene, complete cds.

Nucleotide (GenBank) : M13061 B.stearothermophilus SASP-1 gene encoding a small acid-soluble spore protein, complete cds.

Nucleotide (GenBank) : AF184067 Bacillus stearothermophilus MetS (metS) gene, partial cds; transition state regulator (abrB) gene, complete cds; and yabC pseudogene, partial sequence.

Nucleotide (GenBank) : U18943 Bacillus stearothermophilus mannitol transport protein (MtlA), putative transcriptional regulator (MtlR), mannitol enzyme IIA (MtlF) and mannitol-1-phosphate dehydrogenase (MtlD) genes, complete cds.

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