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  • Pseudoloma neurophilia : progression of infection and transmission characteristics of a microsporidian parasite in a model vertebrate, Danio rerio

    Creator:
    Sanders, Justin L.
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    The microsporidian parasite, Pseudoloma neurophilia, is the most commonly diagnosed infectious disease in laboratory populations of the zebrafish, Danio rerio. Infections by P. neurophilia are generally subclinical, however, they can become acute either incidentally or due to experimental immune suppression. Non-protocol induced variation can confound results in laboratory experiments using...
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    Research Journal (Sanders et al., 2012). In Chapter 3, I describe the development of a real-time PCR

  • Role of Plc in the germination of Clostridium perfringens food poisoning isolate SM101

    Creator:
    Bond, Colton B.
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    Clostridium perfringens is the causative agent of gas gangrene and the 3rd most common cause of type A food borne disease in the United States. Critical to the pathogenicity of C. perfringens is the ability of this bacterium to produce highly resistant, metabolically dormant spores that can resume metabolic function...
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    Journal of Bacteriology 10 2.1 Abstract Clostridium perfringens is the

  • Characterization of Sporulation and Germination Genes in Clostridium perfringens

    Creator:
    Talukdar, Prabhat Kumar
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    Clostridium perfringens is a Gram-positive, anaerobic, spore-forming bacterium that can produce as many as 17 different toxins and are responsible to cause a wide array of gastrointestinal (GI) and histotoxic diseases in humans and animals. As individual strains produce a subset of these toxins, C. perfringens strains can be classified...
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    Talukdar.docx AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Prabhat Kumar Talukdar for the degree of

  • Analysis of chlamydial and host proteins associated with infection

    Creator:
    Chu, Hencelyn
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    Chlamydiae are obligate intracellular bacteria that infect a variety of eukaryotic hosts and affect normal host processes. Within host cells, their developmental cycle takes place inside non-acidified vacuoles termed inclusions. An inclusion membrane composed primarily of secreted chlamydial synthesized proteins called Incs encloses the inclusion. At this location, Incs have...
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    Doctor of Philosophy thesis of Hencelyn G AN ABSTRACT OF THE

  • New Insights into the Molecular Mechanism of Clostridium perfringens Spore Germination

    Creator:
    Banawas, Saeed S.
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    C. perfringens is a spore-forming, gram-positive, anaerobic pathogenic bacterium capable of causing a wide variety of diseases in both humans and animals. However, the two most common illnesses in humans are C. perfringens type A food poisoning (FP) and non-food-borne (NFB) gastrointestinal (GI) illnesses. Interestingly, these two major diseases are...
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    . Sarker Published in: Journal of Bacteriology 2013 95:5084-5091

  • Clostridium perfringens sporulation and gliding motility

    Creator:
    Huang, I-Hsiu
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    Clostridium perfringens type A isolates, an anaerobic enterotoxigenic spore forming bacterium, are the third leading cause of food-borne disease in the United States. Factors that contribute to the virulence of C. perfringens include the ability of the bacterium to form heat resistant spores and to produce an enterotoxin (CPE). Although...
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    ………………………………………………………… 28 2.3. Methods and Materials ……………………………………………… 29 TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) Page

  • Bacterial pathogens and associated toxins involved in erythrophore cell aggregation

    Creator:
    Hutchison, Janine R.
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    Current detection methods for bacterial contamination rely on structure based detection of proteins and nucleic acids. While these methods are easy to use and reliable, they cannot evaluate the toxicity of a sample and the potential to cause disease. Previously, erythrophore cells derived from Betta splendens had been suggested as...
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    presented in Table 6. Portions of this dissertation have been published in the Journal of Microbial

  • Molecular basis for Clostridium perfringens spore resistance to heat and other environmental stress factors

    Creator:
    Raju, Deepa
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    Clostridium perfringens type A isolates producing enterotoxin (CPE) are an important cause of both food poisoning (FP) and non food borne gastrointestinal diseases (NFBGID) in both humans and animals. C. perfringens type A food poisoning is caused by isolates carrying the CPE encoding gene (cpe) on the chromosome while the...
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    resistance of spores. 2.3. Methods and Materials Bacterial strains and growth conditions. C