Transcriptional Analysis of Temporal Gene Expression in Germinating Clostridium difficile 630 Endospores

Clostridium difficile is the leading cause of hospital acquired diarrhoea in industrialised countries. Under conditions that are not favourable for growth, the pathogen produces metabolically dormant endospores via asymmetric cell division. These are extremely resistant to both chemical and physica...

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Main Authors: Dembek, Marcin, Stabler, Richard A., Witney, Adam A., Wren, Brendan W., Fairweather, Neil F.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3655068/