Germinant Synergy Facilitates <named-content content-type="genus-species">Clostridium difficile</named-content> Spore Germination under Physiological Conditions

Germinant Synergy Facilitates <named-content content-type="genus-species">Clostridium difficile</named-content> Spore Germination under Physiological Conditions

ABSTRACT Clostridium difficile is a Gram-positive obligate anaerobe that forms spores in order to survive for long periods in the unfavorable environment outside a host. C. difficile is the leading cause of nosocomial infectious diarrhea worldwide. C. difficile infection (CDI) arises after a patient...

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Main Authors: Travis J. Kochan, Michelle S. Shoshiev, Jessica L. Hastie, Madeline J. Somers, Yael M. Plotnick, Daniela F. Gutierrez-Munoz, Elissa D. Foss, Alyxandria M. Schubert, Ashley D. Smith, Sally K. Zimmerman, Paul E. Carlson, Philip C. Hanna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018-10-01
Series:mSphere
Subjects:
Clostridium difficile
germination
spore
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00335-18

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00335-18

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