Clostridium perfringens and foodborne infections

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 195-202

  Brynestad, Sigrid ^a   Granum, Per Einar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Clostridium perfringens; Enterotoxin; Food poisoning; Necrotic enteritis

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN; POLYPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMOSOME; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FOOD POISONING; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NECROTIZING ENTERITIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTOR BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTERITIS; ENTEROTOXINS; FOOD POISONING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS A;

EID: 0037023232     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(01)00680-8     Document Type: Article

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