A simple device for growing Clostridium perfringens and its application in bacteriocin studies

1982 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 709-713
Author(s):  
D. E. Mahony
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Clostridium Perfringens ◽  
Radioactive Isotopes ◽  
Simple Device ◽  
Constant Flow ◽  
Nitrogen Gas ◽  
Growth Environment ◽  
Inhibiting Effect ◽  
Growth Inhibiting ◽  
Common Laboratory

A simple device constructed of common laboratory material served as a minifermenter for the growth of Clostridium perfringens. A constant flow of nitrogen gas into a culture tube containing C. perfringens assured agitation of the culture and a mechanism for dispensing small volumes of liquid from the culture without disturbing the growth environment. The method was applied to examining the growth-inhibiting effect of bacteriocins of C. perfringens where a very economical use of radioactive isotopes was possible. The activity of some bacteriocins differed when compared with previous data obtained with stationary cultures. Two major categories of bacteriocin appear to exist for this species: those bacteriocins which block the incorporation of DNA, RNA, and protein precursors and those which interfere with the organism's cell wall.

scholarly journals A Putative Amidase Endolysin Encoded by Clostridium perfringens St13 Exhibits Specific Lytic Activity and Synergizes with the Muramidase Endolysin Psm

Antibiotics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 245
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Sekiya ◽  
Maho Okada ◽  
Eiji Tamai ◽  
Toshi Shimamoto ◽  
Tadashi Shimamoto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Clostridium Perfringens ◽  
Antimicrobial Agents ◽  
Catalytic Domain ◽  
Food Poisoning ◽  
Binding Activity ◽  
Lytic Activity ◽  
Intestinal Bacterium ◽  
Terminal Domain ◽  
Cell Wall Binding

Clostridium perfringens is an often-harmful intestinal bacterium that causes various diseases ranging from food poisoning to life-threatening fulminant disease. Potential treatments include phage-derived endolysins, a promising family of alternative antimicrobial agents. We surveyed the genome of the C. perfringens st13 strain and identified an endolysin gene, psa, in the phage remnant region. Psa has an N-terminal catalytic domain that is homologous to the amidase_2 domain, and a C-terminal domain of unknown function. psa and gene derivatives encoding various Psa subdomains were cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli as N-terminal histidine-tagged proteins. Purified His-tagged full-length Psa protein (Psa-his) showed C. perfringens-specific lytic activity in turbidity reduction assays. In addition, we demonstrated that the uncharacterized C-terminal domain has cell wall-binding activity. Furthermore, cell wall-binding measurements showed that Psa binding was highly specific to C. perfringens. These results indicated that Psa is an amidase endolysin that specifically lyses C. perfringens; the enzyme’s specificity is highly dependent on the binding of the C-terminal domain. Moreover, Psa was shown to have a synergistic effect with another C. perfringens-specific endolysin, Psm, which is a muramidase that cleaves peptidoglycan at a site distinct from that targeted by Psa. The combination of Psa and Psm may be effective in the treatment and prevention of C. perfringens infections.

scholarly journals Factors Contributing to Heat Resistance of Clostridium perfringens Endospores

2008 ◽  
Vol 74 (11) ◽  
pp. 3328-3335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Orsburn ◽  
Stephen B. Melville ◽  
David L. Popham
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Heat Resistance ◽  
Clostridium Perfringens ◽  
Food Poisoning ◽  
High Heat ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
High Heat Resistance ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Cooking Process ◽  
Determining Factors

ABSTRACT The endospores formed by strains of type A Clostridium perfringens that produce the C. perfringens enterotoxin (CPE) are known to be more resistant to heat and cold than strains that do not produce this toxin. The high heat resistance of these spores allows them to survive the cooking process, leading to a large number of food-poisoning cases each year. The relative importance of factors contributing to the establishment of heat resistance in this species is currently unknown. The present study examines the spores formed by both CPE+ and CPE− strains for factors known to affect heat resistance in other species. We have found that the concentrations of DPA and metal ions, the size of the spore core, and the protoplast-to-sporoplast ratio are determining factors affecting heat resistance in these strains. While the overall thickness of the spore peptidoglycan was found to be consistent in all strains, the relative amounts of cortex and germ cell wall peptidoglycan also appear to play a role in the heat resistance of these strains.

scholarly journals Autophagy Interplay with Apoptosis and Cell Cycle Regulation in the Growth Inhibiting Effect of Resveratrol in Glioma Cells

PLoS ONE ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. e20849 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo C. Filippi-Chiela ◽  
Emilly Schlee Villodre ◽  
Lauren L. Zamin ◽  
Guido Lenz
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Cell Cycle Regulation ◽  
Glioma Cells ◽  
Inhibiting Effect ◽  
Cycle Regulation ◽  
Growth Inhibiting

scholarly journals In Vitro Antagonism of Trichoderma Verede and Aspergillus Spp. against a Pathogenic Seed Borne Fungus of Sesame

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Delwar Hosen ◽  
Shamim Shamsi
Keyword(s):  
Aspergillus Flavus ◽  
Soil Fungi ◽  
Trichoderma Viride ◽  
Dual Culture ◽  
Volatile Metabolites ◽  
Inhibiting Effect ◽  
Antagonistic Potential ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Growth Inhibiting

Four soil fungi were isolated from the soil by serial dilution and were identified as Aspergillus flavus Link, A. fumigatus Fresenius, A. niger van Tieghem and Trichoderma viride Pers. The soil fungi were selected to evaluate their antagonistic potential against seed borne fungus Fusarium merismoides isolated from sesame. In dual culture colony interaction Trichoderma viride showed the highest (45.88%) growth inhibiting effect on F. merismoides followed by A. niger (40.00%), A. flavus (36.37) and A. fumigatus (30.77%). Volatile metabolites from T. viride showed the highest growth inhibiting effect on F. merismoides (67.69%) and non-volatile metabolites from T. viride showed the highest growth inhibiting effect on F. merismoides (75.00%). Journal of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences, Vol. 43, No. 1, 17-23, 2019

Improved elongation of Scots pine seedlings under blue light depletion is not dependent on resource acquisition

2009 ◽  
Vol 36 (8) ◽  
pp. 742 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marian Sarala ◽  
Erja Taulavuori ◽  
Jouni Karhu ◽  
Eira-Maija Savonen ◽  
Kari Laine ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lipid Peroxidation ◽  
Blue Light ◽  
Scots Pine ◽  
Shoot Elongation ◽  
Resource Acquisition ◽  
Pigment Composition ◽  
Frost Hardening ◽  
Inhibiting Effect ◽  
Pine Seedlings ◽  
Growth Inhibiting

Removal of blue light (400–500 nm) induced shoot elongation of 2-year-old Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) seedlings, which was not related to resource acquisition (carbohydrates, C/N ratio and soluble proteins) and frost hardening. The seedlings were grown in northern Finland (64°N) in plexiglass chambers, either orange in colour or transparent, during elongation and cold hardening periods in 2001. The orange chamber removed the blue wavelengths. The results suggest that the growth inhibiting effect of blue light on Scots pine elongation is probably a photomorphogenic regulation response; the removal of blue light did not affect the gas exchange and accumulation of growth resources. In addition, the removal of blue light also did not affect the physiological parameters (pigment composition, chlorophyll fluorescence and lipid peroxidation) measured during the preparation for winter.

scholarly journals Influence of different yeast cell wall preparations and their components on performance and immune and metabolic pathways in Clostridium perfringens-challenged broiler chicks

2018 ◽  
Vol 97 (1) ◽  
pp. 203-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed M Hashim ◽  
Ryan J Arsenault ◽  
James A Byrd ◽  
Michael H Kogut ◽  
Morouj Al-Ajeeli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Yeast Cell ◽  
Clostridium Perfringens ◽  
Metabolic Pathways ◽  
Yeast Cell Wall ◽  
Broiler Chicks
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