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Physiology and molecular biology of clostridium botulinum

Reference	BBS/E/F/00041212
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Michael William Peck
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	Quadram Institute Bioscience
Department	Quadram Institute Bioscience Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	1,657,208
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/04/2000
End date	31/03/2005
Duration	60 months

Abstract

The overall aim of this project is to conduct fundamental and applied research into aspects of the physiology and molecular biology of Clostridium botulinum. The ultimate aim is to use this information to contribute to the continued safe development of minimally heat processed foods and other foods. Physiology and molecular biology of spore germination and subsequent events in Clostridium botulinum are being studied with the objective of quantifying the physiological response to environmental stress conditions as spores of Clostridium botulinum germinate and subsequently develop into exponentially growing cells. Intrinsic inter and intra strain variation in the physiological response of non-proteolytic Clostridium botulinum is being studied in order to derive mathematical distribution functions that describe and give predictive distributions of the physiological response to environmental stress conditions

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Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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