Germination of Heat- and Alkali-Altered Spores of Clostridium perfringens Type A by Lysozyme and an Initiation Protein
AUTOR(ES)
Duncan, Charles L.
RESUMO
The normal system functioning in the utilization of metabolizable germinants by both heat-sensitive and heat-resistant spores of Clostridium perfringens was inactivated by heat or by treatment of the spores with alkali to remove a soluble coat protein layer. Altered spores were incapable of germination (less than 1%) and outgrowth (less than 0.0005%) in complex media without the addition of either lysozyme or an initiation protein produced by C. perfringens. The addition of either of these agents permitted, in the case of alkali-treated spores, both 90 to 95% germination and outgrowth, as measured by colony formation. In the case of heat-damaged spores, only 50% germination and 2% outgrowth resulted from addition of the initiation protein, whereas lysozyme permitted 85% germination and 8% outgrowth. Alteration of the spores by heat or alkali apparently inactivated the normal lytic system responsible for cortical degradation during germination. Kinetics of production of the initiation protein and conditions affecting both its activity and that of lysozyme on altered spores are described.
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