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List of works by Michael W Peck

A possible route for foodborne transmission of Clostridium difficile?

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An Integrative Approach to Computational Modelling of the Gene Regulatory Network Controlling Clostridium botulinum Type A1 Toxin Production

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Analysis of the Germination of Individual Clostridium sporogenes Spores with and without Germinant Receptors and Cortex-Lytic Enzymes.

scientific article published on 25 October 2017

Apertures in the Clostridium sporogenes spore coat and exosporium align to facilitate emergence of the vegetative cell.

scientific article published on 9 May 2015

Biology and genomic analysis of Clostridium botulinum.

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Clostridium botulinum in the post-genomic era.

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Combining heat treatment and subsequent incubation temperature to prevent growth from spores of non-proteolytic Clostridium botulinum

scientific article published on 01 January 1997

Comparative genomic hybridization analysis of two predominant Nordic group I (proteolytic) Clostridium botulinum type B clusters

scientific article published on 6 March 2009

Contrasting effects of heat treatment and incubation temperature on germination and outgrowth of individual spores of nonproteolytic Clostridium botulinum bacteria.

scientific article published on 6 March 2009

Detection limit of Clostridium botulinum spores in dried mushroom samples sourced from China

scientific article published on 26 June 2013

Development and application of a new method for specific and sensitive enumeration of spores of nonproteolytic Clostridium botulinum types B, E, and F in foods and food materials.

scientific article published on 13 August 2010

Distribution of turbidity detection times produced by single cell-generated bacterial populations.

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Diversity of Proteolytic Strains, Determined by a Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Approach

scientific article published in April 2006

Diversity of proteolytic Clostridium botulinum strains, determined by a pulsed-field gel electrophoresis approach

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Diversity of the Genomes and Neurotoxins of Strains of Clostridium botulinum Group I and Clostridium sporogenes Associated with Foodborne, Infant and Wound Botulism

scientific article published on 11 September 2020

Diversity of the Germination Apparatus in Clostridium botulinum Groups I, II, III, and IV

scientific article (publication date: 2016)

Does proximity to neighbours affect germination of spores of non-proteolytic Clostridium botulinum?

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Effect of heat treatment on survival of, and growth from, spores of nonproteolytic Clostridium botulinum at refrigeration temperatures

scientific article published on May 1, 1995

Effect of lysozyme concentration, heating at 90 degrees C, and then incubation at chilled temperatures on growth from spores of non-proteolytic Clostridium botulinum

scientific article published on 01 July 1995

Effect of oxygen concentration and redox potential on recovery of sublethally heat-damaged cells of Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella enteritidis and Listeria monocytogenes

scientific article published on May 1, 1998

Effect of pH and NaCl on growth from spores of non-proteolytic Clostridium botulinum at chill temperature

scientific article published on 01 February 1997

Effect of sporulation temperature on some properties of spores of non-proteolytic Clostridium botulinum

scientific article published on 01 December 1995

Effects of carbon dioxide on neurotoxin gene expression in nonproteolytic Clostridium botulinum Type E.

scientific article published on 29 February 2008

Evolution of Chromosomal Clostridium botulinum Type E Neurotoxin Gene Clusters: Evidence Provided by Their Rare Plasmid-Borne Counterparts

scientific article published on 2 March 2016

Factors affecting growth from heat-treated spores of non-proteolytic Clostridium botulinum.

scientific article published in October 1992

Functional characterisation of germinant receptors in Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium sporogenes presents novel insights into spore germination systems

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Genome sequence of a proteolytic (Group I) Clostridium botulinum strain Hall A and comparative analysis of the clostridial genomes

scientific article published on 22 May 2007

Genomes, neurotoxins and biology of Clostridium botulinum Group I and Group II

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Genomic and physiological variability within Group II (non-proteolytic) Clostridium botulinum.

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Growth and toxin production by non-proteolytic and proteolytic Clostridium botulinum in cooked vegetables

scientific article published on 01 March 1995

Growth from spores of nonproteolytic Clostridium botulinum in heat-treated vegetable juice

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Heterogeneity of times required for germination and outgrowth from single spores of nonproteolytic Clostridium botulinum.

scientific article published on September 2005

Historical Perspectives and Guidelines for Botulinum Neurotoxin Subtype Nomenclature.

scientific article published on 18 January 2017

Identification of a novel botulinum neurotoxin gene cluster in Enterococcus

scientific article published on 11 January 2018

Impact of Clostridium botulinum genomic diversity on food safety.

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Inhibitory effect of combinations of heat treatment, pH, and sodium chloride on a growth from spores of nonproteolytic Clostridium botulinum at refrigeration temperature.

scientific article published on July 1996

Investigation of the ability of proteolytic Clostridium botulinum to multiply and produce toxin in fresh Italian pasta

scientific article published on 01 August 1998

Lag phase is a distinct growth phase that prepares bacteria for exponential growth and involves transient metal accumulation.

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Lag time variability in individual spores of Clostridium botulinum.

scientific article published on 17 March 2010

Modelling the growth of Clostridium perfringens during the cooling of bulk meat.

scientific article published on 19 July 2008

Modelling the growth, survival and death of microorganisms in foods: the UK food micromodel approach.

scientific article published on November 1994

Multiplex PCR for detection of botulinum neurotoxin-producing clostridia in clinical, food, and environmental samples.

scientific article published on 14 August 2009

Network analysis of the transcriptional pattern of young and old cells of Escherichia coli during lag phase

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New Elements To Consider When Modeling the Hazards Associated with Botulinum Neurotoxin in Food

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On the permeability to weak acids and bases of the cytoplasmic membrane of Clostridiumpasteurianum

scientific article published on 01 March 1981

On-line fluorescence-monitoring of the methanogenic fermentation

scientific article published on 01 May 1992

Oxygen sensitivity of heated cells of Escherichia coli O157:H7

scientific article published on 01 August 1998

Pan-Genomic Analysis of Clostridium botulinum Group II (Non-Proteolytic C. botulinum) Associated with Foodborne Botulism and Isolated from the Environment

scientific article published on 08 May 2020

Predictive model of the effect of CO2, pH, temperature and NaCl on the growth of Listeria monocytogenes

scientific article published on 01 June 1997

Predictive model of the effect of temperature, pH and sodium chloride on growth from spores of non-proteolytic Clostridium botulinum

scientific article published on 01 August 1996

Predictive models of the effect of temperature, pH and acetic and lactic acids on the growth of Listeria monocytogenes

scientific article published on 01 September 1996

Principles of some novel rapid dipstick methods for detection and characterization of verotoxigenic Escherichia coli.

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Quantification of Nonproteolytic Clostridium botulinum Spore Loads in Food Materials

scientific article published on 4 January 2016

Quantitative risk assessment for hazards that arise from non-proteolytic Clostridium botulinum in minimally processed chilled dairy-based foods.

scientific article published on 14 April 2010

Redox potential affects the measured heat resistance of Escherichia coli O157:H7 independently of oxygen concentration

scientific article published on 01 December 1998

Regulation of neurotoxin production and sporulation by a Putative agrBD signaling system in proteolytic Clostridium botulinum.

scientific article published on 7 May 2010

Sparse Bayesian kernel survival analysis for modeling the growth domain of microbial pathogens.

scientific article published in March 2006

Spore germination of the psychrotolerant, red meat spoiler, Clostridium frigidicarnis.

scientific article published on 23 May 2011

Systematic Assessment of Nonproteolytic Clostridium botulinum Spores for Heat Resistance.

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The effect of recovery medium on the estimated heat-inactivation of spores of non-proteolytic Clostridium botulinum.

scientific article published in October 1992

The identification and characterization of Clostridium perfringens by real-time PCR, location of enterotoxin gene, and heat resistance.

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The microbiological quality of hot water-washed broccoli florets and cut green beans.

scientific article published in January 2007

The orphan germinant receptor protein GerXAO (but not GerX3b) is essential for L-alanine induced germination in Clostridium botulinum Group II.

scientific article published on 4 May 2018

The pattern of growth observed for Clostridium botulinum type A1 strain ATCC 19397 is influenced by nutritional status and quorum sensing: a modelling perspective.

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The type F6 neurotoxin gene cluster locus of group II clostridium botulinum has evolved by successive disruption of two different ancestral precursors.

scientific article published on January 2013

Thermal inactivation of nonproteolytic Clostridium botulinum type E spores in model fish media and in vacuum-packaged hot-smoked fish products

scientific article published on July 2003

Three classes of plasmid (47-63 kb) carry the type B neurotoxin gene cluster of group II Clostridium botulinum

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