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A Novel Bacteriophage with Broad Host Range against Clostridioides difficile Ribotype 078 Supports SlpA as the Likely Phage Receptor (2022)
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Whittle, M. J., Bilverstone, T. W., Van Esveld, R. J., Lücke, A. C., Lister, M. M., Kuehne, S. A., & Minton, N. P. (2022). A Novel Bacteriophage with Broad Host Range against Clostridioides difficile Ribotype 078 Supports SlpA as the Likely Phage Receptor. Microbiology Spectrum, 10(1), Article e02295-21. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.02295-21

Bacteriophages represent a promising option for the treatment of Clostridioides difficile (formerly Clostridium difficile) infection (CDI), which at present relies on conventional antibiotic therapy. The specificity of bacteriophages should prevent d... Read More about A Novel Bacteriophage with Broad Host Range against Clostridioides difficile Ribotype 078 Supports SlpA as the Likely Phage Receptor.

What's a SNP between friends: The lineage of Clostridioides difficile R20291 can effect research outcomes (2021)
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Monteford, J., Bilverstone, T. W., Ingle, P., Philip, S., Kuehne, S. A., & Minton, N. P. (2021). What's a SNP between friends: The lineage of Clostridioides difficile R20291 can effect research outcomes. Anaerobe, 71, Article 102422. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anaerobe.2021.102422

Clostridioides difficile R20291 is the most studied PCR-Ribotype 027 isolate. The two predominant lineages of this hypervirulent strain, however, exhibit substantive phenotypic differences and possess genomes that differ by a small number of nucleoti... Read More about What's a SNP between friends: The lineage of Clostridioides difficile R20291 can effect research outcomes.

The glucosyltransferase activity of C. difficile toxin b is required for disease pathogenesis (2020)
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Bilverstone, T. W., Garland, M., Cave, R. J., Kelly, M. L., Tholen, M., Bouley, D. M., …Melnyk, R. A. (2020). The glucosyltransferase activity of C. difficile toxin b is required for disease pathogenesis. PLoS Pathogens, 16(9), Article e1008852. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008852

© 2020 Bilverstone et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source ar... Read More about The glucosyltransferase activity of C. difficile toxin b is required for disease pathogenesis.

Phosphorylation and functionality of CdtR in Clostridium difficile (2019)
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Bilverstone, T., Minton, N., & Kuehne, S. (2019). Phosphorylation and functionality of CdtR in Clostridium difficile. Anaerobe, 58, 103-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anaerobe.2019.102074

The production of TcdA, TcdB and CDT in Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027, is regulated by the two-component system response regulator CdtR. Despite this, little is known about the signal transduction pathway leading to the activation of CdtR. I... Read More about Phosphorylation and functionality of CdtR in Clostridium difficile.

Development of Clostridium difficile R20291?PaLoc model strains and in vitro methodologies reveals CdtR is required for the production of CDT to cytotoxic levels (2017)
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Bilverstone, T., Kinsmore, N., Minton, N. P., & Kuehne, S. A. (in press). Development of Clostridium difficile R20291?PaLoc model strains and in vitro methodologies reveals CdtR is required for the production of CDT to cytotoxic levels. Anaerobe, 44, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anaerobe.2017.01.009

Assessing the regulation of Clostridium difficile transferase (CDT), is complicated by the presence of a Pathogenicity locus (PaLoc) which encodes Toxins A and B. Here we developed R20291?PaLoc model strains and cell-based assays to quantify CDT-medi... Read More about Development of Clostridium difficile R20291?PaLoc model strains and in vitro methodologies reveals CdtR is required for the production of CDT to cytotoxic levels.

Manipulation of Conditions during Wort Collection in Production-Scale Fermentations to Regulate Volatile Ester Synthesis as an Aid to Product Matching for Multisite Brewing (2015)
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Bilverstone, T. W., White, R., & Boulton, C. A. (2015). Manipulation of Conditions during Wort Collection in Production-Scale Fermentations to Regulate Volatile Ester Synthesis as an Aid to Product Matching for Multisite Brewing. Journal- American Society of Brewing Chemists, 73(4), 347-353. https://doi.org/10.1094/ASBCJ-2015-0730-01

© 2015 American Society of Brewing Chemists, Inc. Volatile esters are amongst the most important yeast-derived flavoractive compounds produced during brewery fermentation. Dissolved oxygen concentration has long been recognized as an effector for the... Read More about Manipulation of Conditions during Wort Collection in Production-Scale Fermentations to Regulate Volatile Ester Synthesis as an Aid to Product Matching for Multisite Brewing.