Clostridium difficile cell attachment is modified by environmental factors

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 4234-4238

  Waligora, Anne Judith ^a   Barc, Marie Claude ^a   Bourlioux, Pierre ^a   Collignon, Anne ^a   Karjalainen, Tuomo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN;

ACIDITY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL ADHESION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VERO CELL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032863716     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.9.4234-4238.1999     Document Type: Article

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