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  • Clostridium perfringens spores : inactivation, germination, and formation

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    Udompijitkul, Pathima
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    The enterotoxin-producing Clostridium perfringens type A isolates are responsible for the third most common foodborne illness in the United States and can also cause non-foodborne human gastrointestinal (GI) diseases such as antibiotic- associated and sporadic diarrheas. Three important factors contribute to the ability of C. perfringens to cause GI diseases,...
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    a Gram-positive, anaerobic, endospore-forming rod shaped bacterium. C. perfringens type A isolates

  • 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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    concern? Salmonella species are facultative anaerobic gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium. They can grow

  • 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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    Chapter 1 2 1.1 Clostridium perfringens: The Bacterium Clostridium perfringens is a Gram-positive, rod

  • 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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    Literature review Clostridium perfringens is a Gram-positive, anaerobic, endospore-forming, and rod

  • Molecular mechanism of germination of Clostridium perfringens spores

    Creator:
    Paredes-Sabja, Daniel
    Abstract:
    Clostridium perfringens is the causative agent of a wide variety of diseases in animals and humans. C. perfringens can produce more than 15 toxins. However, individual strains produce a subset of these toxins. Although a small percentage of C. perfringens isolates (mostly belonging to type A) produce C. perfringens enterotoxin...
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    Introduction and Literature review Clostridium perfringens is a Gram-positive, anaerobic, rod-shaped and