Transcriptional factors are well studied in bacteria for their global interactions and the effects
they produce at the phenotypic level. Particularly, Bacillus subtilis has been widely …

The Bacillus anthracis genome consists of an approximately 5.3-Mb chromosome and two
plasmids, pXO1 (182 kb) and pXO2 (96 kb). Genetic analysis has focused primarily on the …

A recombinant butanol pathway composed of Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824 genes,
thiL, hbd, crt, bcd-etfB-etfA, and adhe1 (or adhe) coding for acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase …

Clostridia is one of the largest bacterial genera with an enormous potential for biotechnical
and medical applications. Despite growing scientific, medical, and industrial interest …

Two‐component and phosphorelay signal transduction systems are believed to function as
environ‐mental sensors that programme gene expression to the composition of the …

Although the production of acetone and butanol by m strains wa strains was a thriving
industrial fermentation process, it is no longer competitive with the chemical synthesis of …

Bacillus anthracis produces the anthrax toxin proteins protective antigen (PA), lethal factor
(LF), and edema factor (EF) in a growth phase-dependent manner when cultured in liquid …

Summary A 14.6 kb prophage‐like insertion, termed skinCd, was found to interrupt the sigK
gene, which encodes an RNA polymerase sigma factor essential for sporulation, in six …

The addition of sodium acetate to chemically defined MP2 medium was found to increase
and stabilize solvent production and also increase glucose utilization by Clostridium …

The ability of the anaerobic gastrointestinal pathogen Clostridioides difficile to survive
outside the host relies on the formation of dormant endospores. Spore formation is …