Spore cortex hydrolysis precedes dipicolinic acid release during Clostridium difficile spore germination

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 197, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 2276-2283

  Francis, Michael B ^a   Allen, Charlotte A ^a   Sorg, Joseph A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; DIPICOLINIC ACID; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CSPC PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM; PICOLINIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORE GERMINATION; BACTERIAL SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROLYSIS; MUTATION; PICOLINIC ACIDS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84932149860     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.02575-14     Document Type: Article

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