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Lactobacillus plantarum possesses the capability for wall teichoic acid backbone alditol switching

BACKGROUND: Specific strains of Lactobacillus plantarum are marketed as health-promoting probiotics. The role and interplay of cell-wall compounds like wall- and lipo-teichoic acids (WTA and LTA) in bacterial physiology and probiotic-host interactions remain obscure. L. plantarum WCFS1 harbors the g...

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Autores principales: Bron, Peter A, Tomita, Satoru, van Swam, Iris I, Remus, Daniela M, Meijerink, Marjolein, Wels, Michiel, Okada, Sanae, Wells, Jerry M, Kleerebezem, Michiel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3511166/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22967304
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2859-11-123