Host serum factor triggers germination of Clostridium perfringens spores lacking the cortex hydrolysis machinery

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1734-1741

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

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN GERKA; PROTEIN GERKC; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; HEAT TREATMENT; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SERUM FACTOR; SPORE GERMINATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOOD; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MURAMIDASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SHEEP; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 81355153686     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.031575-0     Document Type: Article

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