Ultrastructural variability of the exosporium layer of Clostridium difficile spores

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 2202-2209

  Pizarro Guajardo, Marjorie ^a   Calderón Romero, Paulina ^a   Castro Córdova, Pablo ^a   Mora Uribe, Paola ^a   Paredes Sabja, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; STRAIN;

BIOFILM CULTURES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; HOST INTERACTIONS; INDIRECT IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; N-TERMINAL DOMAINS; NOVEL METHODS; THROUGH TRANSMISSION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROGRAPH;

CLOSTRIDIUM;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; HETEROGENEITY; MORPHOTYPE; PERSISTENCE; PROTEIN; SPORE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL SPORE; CELL WALL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84962266598     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03410-15     Document Type: Article

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