A large genomic island allows Neisseria meningitidis to utilize propionic acid, with implications for colonization of the human nasopharynx

Neisseria meningitidis is an important human pathogen that is capable of killing within hours of infection. Its normal habitat is the nasopharynx of adult humans. Here we identify a genomic island (the prp gene cluster) in N. meningitidis that enables this species to utilize propionic acid as a supp...

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Autores principales: Catenazzi, Maria Chiara E, Jones, Helen, Wallace, Iain, Clifton, Jacqueline, Chong, James P J, Jackson, Matthew A, Macdonald, Sandy, Edwards, James, Moir, James W B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2014
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Research Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4441257/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24910087
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mmi.12664

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4441257/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24910087
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mmi.12664

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