Heat shock increases conjugation efficiency in Clostridium difficile

Anaerobe

Volumn 42, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-5

  Kirk, Joseph A ^a   Fagan, Robert P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Conjugation; PCR ribotype 027

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HEAT SHOCK; HEAT TREATMENT; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REPLICON; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CHEMISTRY; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HEAT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHARMACOLOGY; PLASMID; RIBOTYPING;

CULTURE MEDIUM;

CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; CULTURE MEDIA; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; RIBOTYPING; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84989944119     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: 10958274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2016.06.009     Document Type: Article

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