Sporogenesis of Clostridium botulinum and its regularities

Donets', I.ĭ

Mikrobiolohichnyi Zhurnal 38(6): 780-785

1976


ISSN/ISBN: 0201-8462
PMID: 794649
Document Number: 102801
Stages of sporulation, sporogens (substances stimulating sporulation), spore morphology and types, spore resistance to temperature and radiation, and factors stimulating spore germination (e.g., temperature, salt and carbohydrate concentrations, moisture, pH, and substrate) are reviewed. Classification of C. botulinum based on DNA, proteolytic activity, somatic antigens and antigenic types of toxin and spores is also discussed.

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