Stable L-Forms of Clostridium perfringens : Growth, Toxin Production, and Pathogenicity
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Regulation of Toxin Production in Clostridium perfringens
The Gram-positive anaerobic bacterium Clostridium perfringens is widely distributed in nature, especially in soil and the gastrointestinal tracts of humans and animals. C. perfringens causes gas gangrene and food poisoning, and it produces extracellular enzymes and toxins that are thought to act synergistically and contribute to its pathogenesis. A complicated regulatory network of toxin genes ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection and Immunity
سال: 1977
ISSN: 0019-9567,1098-5522
DOI: 10.1128/iai.15.1.19-25.1977