It has been shown that Clostridium perfringens isolates associated with food poisoning carry
a chromosomal cpe gene, whereas nonfood-borne human gastrointestinal disease isolates …

Clostridium perfringens carrying the enterotoxin gene is an important cause of both
foodborne and non-foodborne diarrheal disease. Rapid identification of isolates carrying the …

Clostridium perfringens isolates associated with food poisoning carries a chromosomal cpe
gene, while non-foodborne human gastrointestinal disease isolates carry a plasmid cpe …

Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin (CPE) is an important virulence factor for both C.
perfringens type A food poisoning and several non-food-borne human gastrointestinal …

Clostridium perfringens continues to be a common cause of food-borne disease,. It produces
an enterotoxin (CPE) which is released upon lysis of the vegetative cell during sporulation in …

An enterotoxin (cpe) plasmid was cured from a Clostridium perfringens non-food-borne
gastrointestinal disease (NFBGID) isolate, and the heat resistance levels of wild-type, cpe …

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 …

Clostridium perfringens type A isolates can carry the enterotoxin gene (cpe) on either their
chromosome or a plasmid, but food poisoning isolates usually have a chromosomal cpe …

Background Clostridium perfringens type A food poisoning is caused by enterotoxigenic C.
perfringens type A isolates that typically possess high spore heat-resistance. The molecular …

Currently there is only limited understanding of the reservoirs for Clostridium perfringens
type A food poisoning. A recent survey (Y.-T. Lin and R. Labbe, Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69 …