Contribution of spores to the ability of clostridium difficile to adhere to surfaces

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 7671-7679

  Joshi, Lovleen Tina ^a   Phillips, Daniel S ^a   Williams, Catrin F ^b   Alyousef, Abdullah ^a   Baillie, Les ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL SPECIES; BRAIN HEART INFUSIONS; CELL DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ISOLATES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CULTURE MEDIA; DISEASE PROCESS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTION; HUMAN ADENOCARCINOMA; HUMAN CELLS; HUMAN GUTS; ORGANIC SURFACES; SPORE FORMATION; T-TESTS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CELL CULTURE;

STAINLESS STEEL;

BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM; GERMINATION; HOSPITAL SECTOR; HYDROPHOBICITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPORE; STEEL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; INTESTINE MUCOSA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RIBOTYPING; SURFACE PROPERTY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CACO-2 CELLS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; RIBOTYPING; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STAINLESS STEEL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 84868611293     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01862-12     Document Type: Article

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