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Transcriptional profiling of sporulation sigma factor mutants of the nosocomial pathogen Clostridium difficile highlights that diverse regulatory pathways control spore formation in the Firmicutes.
Unlike sigG mutants of B. subtilis, C. perfringens, and C. acetobutyilcum, C. difficile sigG- mutant cells produce forespores with ruffled membranes that appear to be surrounded by spore coat layers. See Fimlaid et al.
Image Credit: Kelly Fimlaid and Keyan Pishdadian (Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, The University of Vermont, USA).
Citation: (2013) PLoS Genetics Issue Image | Vol. 9(8) August 2013. PLoS Genet 9(8): ev09.i08. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pgen.v09.i08
Published: August 29, 2013
Copyright: © 2013 Fimlaid et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Unlike sigG mutants of B. subtilis, C. perfringens, and C. acetobutyilcum, C. difficile sigG- mutant cells produce forespores with ruffled membranes that appear to be surrounded by spore coat layers. See Fimlaid et al.
Image Credit: Kelly Fimlaid and Keyan Pishdadian (Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, The University of Vermont, USA)