title: A comparative genomic view of clostridial sporulation and physiology.
abstract: Clostridia are anaerobic, endospore-forming prokaryotes that include strains of importance to human and animal health and physiology, cellulose degradation, solvent production and bioremediation. Their differentiation and related developmental programmes are not well understood at the molecular level. Recent genome sequencing and transcriptional-profiling studies have offered a glimpse of their inner workings and indicate that a better understanding of the orchestration of the molecular events that underlie their unique physiology, capabilities and diversity will pay major dividends.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA.
authors.forename: Carlos J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Paredes
authors.forename: Keith V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Alsaker
authors.forename: Eleftherios T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Papoutsakis
mesh_terms: D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002633:Chemotaxis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D003013:Clostridium / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D023281:Genomics; D006031:Glycosylation; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C080950:Spo0A protein, Bacillus subtilis; D014157:Transcription Factors; C075521:kinA protein, Bacillus subtilis; D011494:Protein Kinases