Bile Acid Recognition by the Clostridium difficile Germinant Receptor, CspC, Is Important for Establishing Infection

Structural and Functional Analysis of the CspB Protease Required for Clostridium Spore Germination

(2013) Chloe M. Adams et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Both Fidaxomicin and Vancomycin Inhibit Outgrowth of Clostridium difficile Spores

(2012) Charlotte A. Allen et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Spores of Clostridium difficile Clinical Isolates Display a Diverse Germination Response to Bile Salts

(2012) Daniela Heeg et al.   PLoS One

Toward a structural understanding of Clostridium difficile toxins A and B

(2012) Rory N. Pruitt et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Germination response of spores of the pathogenic bacterium Clostridium perfringens and Clostridium difficile to cultured human epithelial cells

(2011) Daniel Paredes-Sabja et al.   ANAEROBE

Surface Layers of Clostridium difficile Endospores

(2011) P. Permpoonpattana et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The role of toxin A and toxin B in the virulence of Clostridium difficile

(2011) Glen P. Carter et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

The Anti-Sigma Factor TcdC Modulates Hypervirulence in an Epidemic BI/NAP1/027 Clinical Isolate of Clostridium difficile

(2011) Glen P. Carter et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Mapping Interactions between Germinants and Clostridium difficile Spores

(2010) A. Howerton et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Kinetic Evidence for the Presence of Putative Germination Receptors in Clostridium difficile Spores

(2010) N. Ramirez et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Inhibiting the Initiation of Clostridium difficile Spore Germination using Analogs of Chenodeoxycholic Acid, a Bile Acid

(2010) J. A. Sorg et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The role of toxin A and toxin B in Clostridium difficile infection

(2010) Sarah A. Kuehne et al.   NATURE

Metabolism of Bile Salts in Mice Influences Spore Germination in Clostridium difficile

(2010) Jennifer L. Giel et al.   PLoS One

Inorganic Phosphate and Sodium Ions Are Cogerminants for Spores of Clostridium perfringens Type A Food Poisoning-Related Isolates

(2009) D. Paredes-Sabja et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

SleC Is Essential for Germination of Clostridium difficile Spores in Nutrient-Rich Medium Supplemented with the Bile Salt Taurocholate

(2009) D. A. Burns et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Proteomic and Genomic Characterization of Highly Infectious Clostridium difficile 630 Spores

(2009) T. D. Lawley et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

A modular system for Clostridium shuttle plasmids

(2009) John T. Heap et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS

The protease CspB is essential for initiation of cortex hydrolysis and dipicolinic acid (DPA) release during germination of spores of Clostridium perfringens type A food poisoning isolates

(2009) D. Paredes-Sabja et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Toxin B is essential for virulence of Clostridium difficile

(2009) Dena Lyras et al.   NATURE

Chenodeoxycholate Is an Inhibitor ofClostridium difficileSpore Germination

(2008) Joseph A. Sorg et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Bile Salts and Glycine as Cogerminants for Clostridium difficile Spores

(2008) J. A. Sorg et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY