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The Conserved Spore Coat Protein SpoVM Is Largely Dispensable in Clostridium difficile Spore Formation

The spore-forming bacterial pathogen Clostridium difficile is a leading cause of health care-associated infections in the United States. In order for this obligate anaerobe to transmit infection, it must form metabolically dormant spores prior to exiting the host. A key step during this process is t...

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Autores principales: Ribis, John W., Ravichandran, Priyanka, Putnam, Emily E., Pishdadian, Keyan, Shen, Aimee
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5607322/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28959733
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00315-17