Imaging Clostridioides difficile Spore Germination and Germination Proteins. [PDF]
J Bacteriol, 2022 Germination by C. difficile spores is the first step in the establishment of potentially life-threatening C. difficile infection (CDI). A deeper understanding of the mechanism by which spores germinate may provide insight for how to either prevent spore ...
Baloh M, Nerber HN, Sorg JA.
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Bacterial spore germination receptors are nutrient-gated ion channels. [PDF]
Science, 2023 Bacterial spores resist antibiotics and sterilization and can remain metabolically inactive for decades, but they can rapidly germinate and resume growth in response to nutrients.
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Divalent Cation Signaling in Clostridium perfringens Spore Germination [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2023 Spore germination plays an essential role in the pathogenesis of Clostridium perfringens-associated food poisoning. Germination is initiated when bacterial spores sense various stimuli, including chemicals and enzymes.
Roua Almatrafi +2 more
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Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, 2021 Spore-forming bacteria are resistant to stress conditions owing to their ability to form highly resistant dormant spores. These spores can survive adverse environmental conditions in nature, as well as decontamination processes in the food and related ...
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Clostridioides difficile spore germination: initiation to DPA release. [PDF]
Curr Opin Microbiol, 2022 Germination by C. difficile spores is an essential step in pathogenesis. Spores are metabolically dormant forms of bacteria that resist severe conditions. Work over the last 10 years has elucidated that C.
Baloh M, Sorg JA.
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Interspecific competition affects spore germination and gametophore development of mosses [PDF]
Open Research Europe, 2023 Background Interactions between moss species in their earliest growth stages have received little attention.
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Single-spore germination analyses reveal that calcium released during Clostridioides difficile germination functions in a feedforward loop [PDF]
mSphere, 2023 Clostridioides difficile infections begin when its metabolically dormant spores germinate in response to sensing bile acid germinants alongside amino acid and divalent cation co-germinants in the small intestine.
John W. Ribis +6 more
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Modeling heterogeneity, commitment, and memory of bacterial spore germination [PDF]
mBioSpores of bacteria are metabolically dormant, resistant to microbicides, and vectors of food spoilage and diseases and survive for years in their dormant state.
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Study of kinetic model for fungal spore germination under dynamic conditions: Case study on germination of Penicillium expansum spores [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 The germination of fungal spores under non-isothermal conditions has been studied for several years, however, no mathematical model has been able to describe them suitably.
Panuluk Boonruang, Nuttapol Lerkkasemsan
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Amino Acids From Root Exudates Induce Bacillus Spore Germination to Enhance Root Colonisation and Plant Growth Promotion [PDF]
Microbial BiotechnologyStrains of Bacillus species, plant growth‐promoting rhizobacteria, have been commercialised as biofertilisers; they are ideal for this because these species form spores that can be stored stably for a long time.
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