Enterotoxin synthesis by nonsporulating cultures of Clostridium perfringens.

AUTOR(ES)

Goldner, S B

RESUMO

Chemostat-cultured Clostridium perfringens ATCC 3624 and NCTC 10240, and a nonsporulating mutant strain, 8-5, produced enterotoxin in the absence of sporulation when cultured in a chemically defined medium at a 0.084-h-1 dilution rate at 37 degrees C. The enterotoxin was detected by serological and biological assays. Examination of the chemostat cultures by electron microscopy did not reveal sporulation at any stage. The culture maintained enterotoxigenicity throughout cultivation in a continuous system. The enterotoxin was detected in batch cultures of each strain cultivated in fluid thioglycolate medium and a chemically defined medium. No heat-resistant or light-refractile spores were detected in batch cultures during the exponential growth.

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