Characterization of the Components of Carbon Catabolite Repression in Clostridium perfringens

Clostridium perfringens is a versatile pathogen capable of causing a wide array of diseases, ranging from clostridial food poisoning to tissue infections such as gas gangrene. An important factor in virulence as well as in the distribution of C. perfringens is its ability to form an endospore. The s...

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Main Author: Horton, William Henry Clay
Other Authors: Biology
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36119
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12142004-185557/