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. 1973 Feb;113(2):932-6.
doi: 10.1128/jb.113.2.932-936.1973.

Time of enterotoxin formation and release during sporulation of Clostridium perfringens type A

C L Duncan

Time of enterotoxin formation and release during sporulation of Clostridium perfringens type A

C L Duncan. J Bacteriol. 1973 Feb.

Abstract

Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin was detected intracellularly about 3 hr after the inoculation of vegetative cells into sporulation medium. The subsequent increase in intracellular enterotoxin concentration roughly paralleled but followed by 2.5 to 5 hr the increase in number of heat-resistant spores. The increase in biologically active toxin coincided with the increase in enterotoxin antigen. Enterotoxin was released from the sporangium with its lysis, concomitantly with the mature spore release.

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