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Unique Regulatory Mechanism of Sporulation and Enterotoxin Production in Clostridium perfringens
13 Apr 2013
Abstract excerpt
Clostridium perfringens causes gas gangrene and gastrointestinal (GI) diseases in humans. The most common cause of C. perfringens-associated food poisoning is the consumption of C. perfringens vegetative cells followed by sporulation and production of enterotoxin in the gut. Despite the importance of spore formation in C. perfringens pathogenesis, the details of the regulation of sporulation have not yet been...
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