Comparison of the levels of heat resistance of wild-type, cpe knockout, and cpe plasmid-cured Clostridium perfringens type A strains

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 7618-7620

  Raju, Deepa ^a   Sarker, Mahfuzur R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; HEAT RESISTANCE;

ENTEROTOXIN (EPE) PLASMID; HEAT SENSITIVITY;

MICROBIOLOGY;

CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEAT TOLERANCE; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROTOXINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PLASMIDS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

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

EID: 32044449799     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.11.7618-7620.2005     Document Type: Article

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