A team analyzed the amino acids that affect the formation of spores in a bacterium that causes food poisoning, Clostridium perfringens, and identified serine as an amino acid that inhibits spore ...

Food poisoning is a common, yet unpleasant, illness caused by eating contaminated items. It is sometimes caused by Clostridium perfringens, a pathogen widely found in soil and the intestinal tracts of ...

Food poisoning, a common and unpleasant illness, is sometimes caused by Clostridium perfringens, a pathogen found in soil and the intestinal tracts of animals. The pathogen multiplies in environments ...

Inorganic polyphosphates (polyP) can be effective as antimicrobial agents against Clostridium perfringens in meat products, claims a new US study. Inorganic polyphosphates are generally recognised as ...

The Anchorage Daily News reports that Alaska health officials have traced the source of a foodborne illness outbreak that sickened dozens of hospital workers in Homer to a single item The Department ...

Investigations into why more than 60 diners at a Somerset pub fell ill have discovered the cause as Clostridium perfringens. The Old Farmhouse in Nailsea, north Somerset, which is operated by Hall & ...

Nobody’s sure why the glass vial of Clostridium perfringens spores was buried in a cornerstone of Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1897, but its discovery could help scientists understand how much ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) may be triggered by a toxin produced by common bacteria found in food, according to a new study. The inflammatory disease of the central nervous system is thought to be ...

A common cause of food poisoning, this bacteria’s growth might be regulated by the presence of certain amino acids. Food poisoning is a common, yet unpleasant, illness caused by eating contaminated ...