Characteristics of a sporulation stimulating factor from Clostridium perfringens type A

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 254-257

  Tseng, W J ^a   Labbe, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM;

CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COMPLEX MEDIUM; CULTURE SUPERNATANT; DEFINED MEDIUMS; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; ENTEROTOXINS; FOOD-BORNE ILLNESS; HUMAN INTESTINE;

STRAIN;

ENTEROTOXIN; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS TYPE A; CULTURE MEDIUM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEAT SENSITIVITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SPOROGENESIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS A; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0034065544     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.2000.00710.x     Document Type: Article

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