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Glycine and Serine Metabolism in C. perfringens
Description:
C. perfringens (Clostridium perfringens) is a common Gram-positive endosporeforming, non-motile, rod-shaped, anaerobic bacillus and is known to produce a variety of toxins and enzymes that are responsible for severe myonecrotic lesions. Spores survive cooking and then germinate and multiply during storage at ambient temperature, slow cooling, or inadequate re-warming. Though its natural habitats are soil and the intestinal tracts of humans and animals, it has been isolated from virtually every environment examined for its p...
References:
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Fulminant massive gas gangrene caused by Clostridium perfringens.
Intern. Med. 2005 May;44(5):499-502. -
Rethinking the role of alpha toxin in Clostridium perfringens-associated enteric diseases: a review on bovine necro-haemorrhagic enteritis.
Vet Res. 2017 Feb 16;48(1):9. -
Membrane-Binding Mechanism of Clostridium perfringens Alpha-Toxin.
Toxins (Basel). 2015 Dec 3;7(12):5268-75. -
Clostridium perfringens epsilon-toxin increases permeability of single perfused microvessels of rat mesentery.
Infect. Immun. 2005 Aug;73(8):4879-87.
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