Array-based transcriptional analysis of Clostridium sporogenes UC9000 during germination, cell outgrowth and vegetative life

Food Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-23

  Bassi, Daniela ^a   Cappa, Fabrizio ^a   Cocconcelli, Pier Sandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clostridium sporogenes; Dormant spores; Germination; Life cycle; Microarrays

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CLOSTRIDIUM; DNA MICROARRAY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84868508901     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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