Molecular and physiological characterisation of spore germination in Clostridium botulinum and C. sporogenes

Anaerobe

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 89-100

  Broussolle, Véronique ^a   Alberto, François ^a   Shearman, Claire A ^b   Mason, David R ^b   Botella, Lucien ^a   Nguyen The, Christophe ^a   Peck, Michael W ^b   Carlin, Frédéric ^a  

^a UMR A 408 INRA University of Avignon   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clostridium sporogenes; gerA homologue genes; Germination; Proteolytic Clostridium botulinum; Spore

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; PLASMID DNA; RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GERMINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPOROGENESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES;

EID: 0036626242     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anae.2002.0424     Document Type: Article

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