Effect of the cortex-lytic enzyme SleC from nonfood-borne clostridium perfringens on the germination properties of SleC-lacking spores of a food poisoning isolate

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 952-958

  Paredes Sabja, Daniel ^a   Sarker, Mahfuzur R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium perfringens; Germination; SleC; Spores

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL SPORE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DIPICOLINIC ACIDS; FOOD POISONING; GERMINATION; LYTIC ENZYMES; NUTRIENT MEDIUM; PEPTIDOGLYCANS; SERINE PROTEASE; SLEC; SPORE GERMINATION; SPORES; WILD TYPES; WILD-TYPE STRAIN;

AMINO ACIDS; ENZYMES; HYDROLYSIS; MACHINERY; ORGANIC ACIDS;

CLOSTRIDIUM;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DIPICOLINIC ACID; ENZYME; HEXOSAMINE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN SLEC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; CALCIUM; CHELATE; DIVERGENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD POISONING; GERMINATION; HYDROLYSIS; ION; ORGANIC ACID; PHENOTYPE; SPORE; WILD POPULATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; FOOD POISONING; GERMINATION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORE GERMINATION; WILD TYPE;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYDROLASES; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PICOLINIC ACIDS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 78549247875     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: 14803275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W10-083     Document Type: Article

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