Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine

J. Barra-Carrasco, Olguín-Araneda, V., Plaza-Garrido, A., Miranda-Cárdenas, C., Cofré-Araneda, G., Pizarro-Guajardo, M., Sarker, M. R., and Paredes-Sabja, D., “The Clostridium difficile exosporium cysteine (CdeC)-rich protein is required for exosporium morphogenesis and coat assembly.”, Journal of bacteriology, vol. 195, no. 17, pp. 3863-75, 2013.

S. Banawas, Paredes-Sabja, D., Korza, G., Li, Y., Hao, B., Setlow, P., and Sarker, M. R., “The Clostridium perfringens germinant receptor protein GerKC is located in the spore inner membrane and is crucial for spore germination.”, Journal of bacteriology, vol. 195, no. 22, pp. 5084-91, 2013.

P. Udompijitkul, Paredes-Sabja, D., and Sarker, M. R., “Inhibitory effects of nisin against Clostridium perfringens food poisoning and nonfood-borne isolates.”, Journal of food science, vol. 77, no. 1, pp. M51-6, 2012.

G. Wang, Zhang, P., Paredes-Sabja, D., Green, C., Setlow, P., Sarker, M. R., and Li, Y. - Q., “Analysis of the germination of individual Clostridium perfringens spores and its heterogeneity.”, Journal of applied microbiology, vol. 111, no. 5, pp. 1212-23, 2011.

D. Paredes-Sabja, Sarker, N., and Sarker, M. R., “Clostridium perfringens tpeL is expressed during sporulation.”, Microbial pathogenesis, vol. 51, no. 5, pp. 384-8, 2011.

D. Paredes-Sabja, Setlow, P., and Sarker, M. R., “Germination of spores of Bacillales and Clostridiales species: mechanisms and proteins involved.”, Trends in microbiology, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 85-94, 2011.

D. Paredes-Sabja and Sarker, M. R., “Host serum factor triggers germination of Clostridium perfringens spores lacking the cortex hydrolysis machinery.”, Journal of medical microbiology, vol. 60, no. Pt 12, pp. 1734-41, 2011.

K. M. Sandoz and Rockey, D. D., “Antibiotic resistance in Chlamydiae.”, Future microbiology, vol. 5, no. 9, pp. 1427-42, 2010.

D. Paredes-Sabja and Sarker, M. R., “Clostridium perfringens sporulation and its relevance to pathogenesis.”, Future microbiology, vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 519-25, 2009.

J. Li, Paredes-Sabja, D., Sarker, M. R., and McClane, B. A., “Further characterization of Clostridium perfringens small acid soluble protein-4 (Ssp4) properties and expression.”, PloS one, vol. 4, no. 7, p. e6249, 2009.

D. Paredes-Sabja, Setlow, P., and Sarker, M. R., “GerO, a putative Na+/H+-K+ antiporter, is essential for normal germination of spores of the pathogenic bacterium Clostridium perfringens.”, Journal of bacteriology, vol. 191, no. 12, pp. 3822-31, 2009.

D. Paredes-Sabja, Udompijitkul, P., and Sarker, M. R., “Inorganic phosphate and sodium ions are cogerminants for spores of Clostridium perfringens type A food poisoning-related isolates.”, Applied and environmental microbiology, vol. 75, no. 19, pp. 6299-305, 2009.

D. Paredes-Sabja, Setlow, P., and Sarker, M. R., “The protease CspB is essential for initiation of cortex hydrolysis and dipicolinic acid (DPA) release during germination of spores of Clostridium perfringens type A food poisoning isolates.”, Microbiology (Reading, England), vol. 155, no. Pt 10, pp. 3464-72, 2009.

D. Paredes-Sabja, Setlow, P., and Sarker, M. R., “Role of GerKB in germination and outgrowth of Clostridium perfringens spores.”, Applied and environmental microbiology, vol. 75, no. 11, pp. 3813-7, 2009.

D. Paredes-Sabja, Setlow, P., and Sarker, M. R., “SleC is essential for cortex peptidoglycan hydrolysis during germination of spores of the pathogenic bacterium Clostridium perfringens.”, Journal of bacteriology, vol. 191, no. 8, pp. 2711-20, 2009.

D. Paredes-Sabja, Bond, C., Carman, R. J., Setlow, P., and Sarker, M. R., “Germination of spores of Clostridium difficile strains, including isolates from a hospital outbreak of Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD).”, Microbiology (Reading, England), vol. 154, no. Pt 8, pp. 2241-50, 2008.

S. Akhtar, Paredes-Sabja, D., and Sarker, M. R., “Inhibitory effects of polyphosphates on Clostridium perfringens growth, sporulation and spore outgrowth.”, Food microbiology, vol. 25, no. 6, pp. 802-8, 2008.

H. Autran de Morais, Guimarães, A. Marcia S., Vidotto, O., Baumann, A., Biondo, A. W., and Messick, J. B., “Co-infection with Mycoplasma haemofelis and 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum' in three cats from Brazil.”, Journal of feline medicine and surgery, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 518-20, 2007.

J. Francisco Leyva-Illades, Setlow, B., Sarker, M. R., and Setlow, P., “Effect of a small, acid-soluble spore protein from Clostridium perfringens on the resistance properties of Bacillus subtilis spores.”, Journal of bacteriology, vol. 189, no. 21, pp. 7927-31, 2007.

D. Raju and Sarker, M. R., “Production of small, acid-soluble spore proteins in Clostridium perfringens nonfoodborne gastrointestinal disease isolates.”, Canadian journal of microbiology, vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 514-8, 2007.

I. - H. Huang and Sarker, M. R., “Complementation of a Clostridium perfringens spo0A mutant with wild-type spo0A from other Clostridium species.”, Applied and environmental microbiology, vol. 72, no. 9, pp. 6388-93, 2006.

V. A. Philippe, Méndez, M. B., Huang, I. - H., Orsaria, L. M., Sarker, M. R., and Grau, R. R., “Inorganic phosphate induces spore morphogenesis and enterotoxin production in the intestinal pathogen Clostridium perfringens.”, Infection and immunity, vol. 74, no. 6, pp. 3651-6, 2006.

D. Raju, Waters, M., Setlow, P., and Sarker, M. R., “Investigating the role of small, acid-soluble spore proteins (SASPs) in the resistance of Clostridium perfringens spores to heat.”, BMC microbiology, vol. 6, p. 50, 2006.

L. Danelishvili, Wu, M., Young, L. S., and Bermudez, L. E., “Genomic approach to identifying the putative target of and mechanisms of resistance to mefloquine in mycobacteria.”, Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, vol. 49, no. 9, pp. 3707-14, 2005.

M. R. Sarker, Shivers, R. P., Sparks, S. G., Juneja, V. K., and McClane, B. A., “Comparative experiments to examine the effects of heating on vegetative cells and spores of Clostridium perfringens isolates carrying plasmid genes versus chromosomal enterotoxin genes.”, Applied and environmental microbiology, vol. 66, no. 8, pp. 3234-40, 2000.