Clostridium difficile spore biology: Sporulation, germination, and spore structural proteins

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 406-416

  Paredes Sabja, Daniel ^a,b   Shen, Aimee ^c   Sorg, Joseph A ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C. difficile spores; Exosporium; Germination; Spore coat; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN COTA; PROTEIN COTCB; PROTEIN COTD; PROTEIN COTE; PROTEIN COTF; PROTEIN SPOIVA; PROTEIN SPOVM; SPORE STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UPREGULATION; BACTERIAL SPORE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; POSIBACTERIA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84903612457     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2014.04.003     Document Type: Review

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