The diverse sporulation characteristics of Clostridium difficile clinical isolates are not associated with type

Anaerobe

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 618-622

  Burns, David A ^a   Heap, John T ^a   Minton, Nigel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BI NAP1 027; Clostridium difficile; Germination; Hypervirulent; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; VIRULENCE;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 78650575216     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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