Characterization of the spore surface and exosporium proteins of Clostridium sporogenes; implications for Clostridium botulinum group I strains

Food Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue , 2016, Pages 205-212

  Janganan, Thamarai K ^a   Mullin, Nic ^a   Tzokov, Svetomir B ^a   Stringer, Sandra ^b   Fagan, Robert P ^a   Hobbs, Jamie K ^a   Moir, Anne ^a   Bullough, Per A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cysteine rich proteins; Spore appendages; Two dimensional crystals

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL SPORE; CHEMISTRY; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; METABOLISM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84975493976     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2016.06.003     Document Type: Article

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