Exosporial membrane plasticity of Clostridium sporogenes and Clostridium difficile

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 449-461

  Panessa Warren, B J ^a   Tortora, G T ^a   Warren, J B ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Clostridium sporogenes; Exosporial membrane plasticity; High resolution SEM; Spore attachment

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; EDETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CHELATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES; PLASTICITY; SCINTISCANNING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES;

EID: 0030772660     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-8166(97)80031-6     Document Type: Article

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