Optimal spore germination in Clostridium botulinum ATCC 3502 requires the presence of functional copies of SleB and YpeB, but not CwlJ

Anaerobe

Volumn 34, Issue , 2015, Pages 86-93

  Meaney, Carolyn A ^a   Cartman, Stephen T ^a   McClure, Peter J ^b   Minton, Nigel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clostridium botulinum; ClosTron; Cortex hydrolysis; Cortex lytic enzymes; Endospores; Germination; Peptidoglycan

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BICARBONATE; CWLJ PROTEIN; LACTIC ACID; LYSOZYME; SLEB PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YPEB PROTEIN; HYDROLASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CWLJ GENE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; HEAT TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEB GENE; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS; WILD TYPE; YPEB GENE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROLASES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84929485239     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: 10958274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2015.04.015     Document Type: Article

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