Spores of clostridium difficile clinical isolates display a diverse germination response to bile salts

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Heeg, Daniela ^a   Burns, David A ^a   Cartman, Stephen T ^a   Minton, Nigel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE SALT; CHENODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; GLYCINE; TAUROCHOLIC ACID; BILE ACID; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; SPORE GERMINATION; SPORE OPTICAL DENSITY; BACTERIAL SPORE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STEM CELL; TIME;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CHENODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; GLYCINE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STEM CELLS; TAUROCHOLIC ACID; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84857472906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032381     Document Type: Article

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