Characterization of Clostridium difficile Spores Lacking Either SpoVAC or Dipicolinic Acid Synthetase.

J Bacteriol · 2016 · PMC4959285 · PMID 27044622

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approached significanceP < 0.11not close (p > 0.1)

While the reduction in spoVAEb transcript levels in the spoVAC* /EV mutant and spoVAC* / spoVAC complementation strain was not statistically significant compared to that in the WT/EV strain, it approached significance ( P < 0.11 and 0.06, respectively).

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