Sporogenesis and toxin A production by Clostridium difficile.

Autor: Ketley JM, Mitchell TJ, Haslam SC, Stephen J, Candy DC, Burdon DW
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of medical microbiology [J Med Microbiol] 1986 Aug; Vol. 22 (1), pp. 33-8.
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-22-1-33
Abstrakt: The kinetics of spore production by Clostridium difficile were not paralleled by release of C. difficile toxin A in vitro. Toxin A was not found to be associated with either purified whole spores or spore coats. Residual traces of toxin A detected in spore contents were almost certainly derived from contaminating vegetative cell debris. Thus, toxin A is unlikely to be a spore constituent or associated with sporogenesis.
Databáze: MEDLINE