JoVE Journal
Bioengineering
Bioengineering
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Summary
Germinant receptor proteins cluster in ‘germinosomes’ in the inner membrane of Bacillus subtilis spores. We describe a protocol using super resolution microscopy and fluorescent reporter proteins to visualize germinosomes. The protocol also identifies spore inner membrane domains that are preferentially stained with the membrane dye FM4-64.