Characterization of a toxin-deficient Clostridium perfringens strain, KZ1340

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 141-145

  Shimizu, Tohru ^a   Ohtani, Kaori ^a   Ba Thein, William ^a   Inui, Satoko ^a   Nakamura, Shinichi ^b   Hayashi, Hideo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clostridium perfringens; Genetic analysis; Toxin production

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COLA;

EID: 0030028454     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1996.tb03329.x     Document Type: Article

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