Comparison of the Levels of Heat Resistance of Wild-Type, cpe Knockout, and cpe Plasmid-Cured Clostridium perfringens Type A Strains
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- 1 November 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 71 (11) , 7618-7620
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.71.11.7618-7620.2005
Abstract
An enterotoxin ( cpe ) plasmid was cured from a Clostridium perfringens non-food-borne gastrointestinal disease (NFBGID) isolate, and the heat resistance levels of wild-type, cpe knockout, and cpe plasmid-cured strains were compared. Our results demonstrated that (i) wild-type cpe has no influence in mediating high-level heat resistance in C. perfringens and (ii) the cpe plasmid does not confer heat sensitivity on NFBGID isolates.Keywords
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