Pickering, DS, Wilcox, MH orcid.org/0000-0002-4565-2868 and Chilton, CH orcid.org/0000-0002-8076-1699 (2018) Biofilm-derived spores of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile exhibit increased thermotolerance compared to planktonic spores. Anaerobe, 54. pp. 169-171. ISSN 1075-9964
Abstract
Biofilm-derived spores of strains of four ribotypes (001, 020, 027 & 078) of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile were found to exhibit increased thermotolerance compared to spores produced in planktonic culture. In addition, ‘thick’ and ‘thin’ exosporium morphotypes described previously were visualised by electron microscopy in both biofilm and planktonic spores.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Elsevier Ltd . All rights reserved. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Anaerobe. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | C. difficile; Heat treatment; Spores; Biofilm; Germinants |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > Institute of Molecular Medicine (LIMM) (Leeds) > Section of Molecular Gastroenterology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 12 Dec 2018 10:31 |
Last Modified: | 05 Oct 2019 00:39 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2018.10.003 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:139866 |
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