Characterization of Clostridium difficile spores lacking either SpoVAC or dipicolinic acid synthetase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 198, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1694-1707

  Lauren Donnelly, M ^a   Fimlaid, Kelly A ^a,b   Shen, Aimee ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DIPICOLINIC ACID; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENOMIC DNA; ION CHANNEL; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; SPOVAC PROTEIN; SYNTHETASE; TERBIUM; THIAMPHENICOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PICOLINIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; CISTRON; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIRMICUTES; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HEAT TOLERANCE; HEAT TREATMENT; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; HOT TEMPERATURE; MUTATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PICOLINIC ACIDS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84971505069     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00986-15     Document Type: Article

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