Production of Clostridium difficile toxin in a medium totally free of both animal and dairy proteins or digests

In the hope of developing a vaccine against Clostridium difficile based on its toxin(s), we have developed a fermentation medium for the bacterium that results in the formation of Toxin A and contains no meat or dairy products, thus obviating the problem of possible prion diseases. Particular prepa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Demain, Arnold L., Gerson, Donald F., Fang, Aiqi
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: United States National Academy of Sciences 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/54821
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1402-7901