Role of GerKB in germination and outgrowth of Clostridium perfringens spores

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3813-3817

  Paredes Sabja, Daniel ^a   Setlow, Peter ^b   Sarker, Mahfuzur R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COLONY-FORMING EFFICIENCY; GERMINANTS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; SPORE GERMINATION; WILD TYPES;

EUTROPHICATION;

NUTRIENTS;

BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GENE EXPRESSION; GERMINATION; SPORE; SPORULATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GERKB GENE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE ORDER; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 66249109266     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00048-09     Document Type: Article

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