mSphere, 2023 Clostridium tetani is the etiological agent of the disease tetanus, resulting in various symptoms, including neck tension, tongue-twisting, a decline in walking ability, and death in severe cases. To date, publicly available genome sequences of C. tetani
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Unrelated toxin-antitoxin systems cooperate to induce persistence. [PDF]
, 2015 Persisters are drug-tolerant bacteria that account for the majority of bacterial infections. They are not mutants, rather, they are slow-growing cells in an otherwise normally growing population.
Fasani, Rick A, Savageau, Michael A
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Octyl Gallate Use to Protect Seeds from Foodborne Fungal Pathogens
Biology and Life Sciences Forum, 2022 There is limited efficacy with conventional seed sanitation methods, directly affecting food safety. Insufficient elimination of mycotoxin-producing fungi contaminating seed surfaces can result in high mycotoxin contamination.
Jong H. Kim, Kathleen L. Chan
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Transcriptional cellular responses in midgut tissue of Aedes aegypti larvae following intoxication with Cry11Aa toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis. [PDF]
, 2015 BackgroundAlthough much is known about the mechanism of action of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry toxins, the target tissue cellular responses to toxin activity is less understood.
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Cinnamic Acid Analogs as Intervention Catalysts for Overcoming Antifungal Tolerance
Molecules, 2017 Disruption of fungal cell wall should be an effective intervention strategy. However, the cell wall-disrupting echinocandin drugs, such as caspofungin (CAS), cannot exterminate filamentous fungal pathogens during treatment.
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Clostridium perfringensepsilon toxin H149A mutant as a platform for receptor binding studies [PDF]
, 2013 Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin (Etx) is a pore-forming toxin responsible for a severe and rapidly fatal enterotoxemia of ruminants. The toxin is classified as a category B bioterrorism agent by the U.S.
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Toxin-neutralizing antibodies protect against Clostridium perfringens-induced necrosis in an intestinal loop model for bovine necrohemorrhagic enteritis [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Bovine necrohemorrhagic enteritis is caused by Clostridium perfringens type A. Due to the rapid progress and fatal outcome of the disease, vaccination would be of high value. In this study, C.
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Toxins, 2019 Staphylococcal food poisoning is a result of ingestion of Staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs) produced by Staphylococcus aureus. Staphylococcal enterotoxin type A (SEA) is the predominant toxin produced by S.
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Rethinking the role of alpha toxin in Clostridium perfringens-associated enteric diseases : a review on bovine necro-haemorrhagic enteritis [PDF]
, 2017 Bovine necro-haemorrhagic enteritis is an economically important disease caused by Clostridium perfringens type A strains. The disease mainly affects calves under intensive rearing conditions and is characterized by sudden death associated with small ...
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Antimicrobial Efficacy of Edible Mushroom Extracts: Assessment of Fungal Resistance
Applied Sciences, 2022 Antimicrobial efficacy of the water or methanolic extracts of three medicinal mushrooms Taiwanofungus camphoratus, Agaricus blazei Murrill, and Ganoderma lucidum (Curtis) P.
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