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Mannitol Utilisation is Required for Protection of Staphylococcus aureus from Human Skin Antimicrobial Fatty Acids

Mannitol (Mtl) fermentation, with the subsequent production of acid, is a species signature of Staphylococcus aureus, and discriminates it from most other members of the genus. Inactivation of the gene mtlD, encoding Mtl-1-P dehydrogenase was found to markedly reduce survival in the presence of the...

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Autores principales: Kenny, John G., Moran, Josephine, Kolar, Stacey L., Ulanov, Alexander, Li, Zhong, Shaw, Lindsey N., Josefsson, Elisabet, Horsburgh, Malcolm J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3701532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23861785
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0067698