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- W3083852659 abstract "Spore formation and germination are essential for the bacterial pathogen Clostridioides difficile to transmit infection. Despite the importance of these developmental processes to the infection cycle of C. difficile, the molecular mechanisms underlying how this obligate anaerobe forms infectious spores and how these spores germinate to initiate infection were largely unknown until recently. Work in the last decade has revealed that C. difficile uses a distinct mechanism for sensing and transducing germinant signals relative to previously characterized spore formers. The C. difficile spore assembly pathway also exhibits notable differences relative to Bacillus spp., where spore formation has been more extensively studied. For both these processes, factors that are conserved only in C. difficile or the related Peptostreptococcaceae family are employed, and even highly conserved spore proteins can have differential functions or requirements in C. difficile compared to other spore formers. This review summarizes our current understanding of the mechanisms controlling C. difficile spore formation and germination and describes strategies for inhibiting these processes to prevent C. difficile infection and disease recurrence." @default.
- W3083852659 created "2020-09-14" @default.
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- W3083852659 date "2020-09-08" @default.
- W3083852659 modified "2023-10-09" @default.
- W3083852659 title "<i>Clostridioides difficile</i> Spore Formation and Germination: New Insights and Opportunities for Intervention" @default.
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