Unique growth and morphology properties of Clade 5 Clostridioides difficile strains revealed by single-cell time-lapse microscopy
J. W. Ribis, C. A. Nieto-Acuna, N. DiBenedetto, A. Mehra, Q. Dong, I. L. Nagawa, I. El Meouche, B. B. Aldridge, M. J. Dunlop, R. Tamayo, A. Singh, A. Shen
This study identifies distinct growth and chaining properties in Clade 5 Clostridioides difficile strains using time-lapse microscopy, linked to the cmr switch sequence orientation.
bioRxiv · Feb 13, 2024Microbiology