Recent advances in germination of Clostridium spores

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 236-243

  Olguín Araneda, Valeria ^a   Banawas, Saeed ^b,c   Sarker, Mahfuzur R ^b   Paredes Sabja, Daniel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAJMAAH UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Clostridium; Cortex hydrolysis; Germinant receptors; Germination; Spores

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; DIPICOLINIC ACID; GERMINANT RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACILLALES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLOSTRIDIALES; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYDROLYSIS; INNER MEMBRANE; MORPHOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM;

CLOSTRIDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84928544491     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2014.07.017     Document Type: Review

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