Identification of an Important Orphan Histidine Kinase for the Initiation of Sporulation and Enterotoxin Production by <italic toggle="yes">Clostridium perfringens</italic> Type F Strain SM101

ABSTRACT Clostridium perfringens type F strains cause a common human foodborne illness and many cases of nonfoodborne human gastrointestinal diseases. Sporulation plays two critical roles during type F enteric disease. First, it produces broadly resistant spores that facilitate type F strain surviva...

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Main Authors: John C. Freedman, Jihong Li, Eric Mi, Bruce A. McClane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019-02-01
Series:mBio
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.02674-18