New amino acid germinants for spores of the enterotoxigenic Clostridium perfringens type A isolates

Food Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue , 2014, Pages 24-33

  Udompijitkul, Pathima ^a,b   Alnoman, Maryam ^a   Banawas, Saeed ^a,c   Paredes Sabja, Daniel ^a,d   Sarker, Mahfuzur R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c MAJMAAH UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Clostridium perfringens; Germinant receptors; Germinants; Spores

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL SPORE; CHEMISTRY; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; HUMANS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84901981693     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2014.04.011     Document Type: Article

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