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N-Acetylmuramic Acid (MurNAc) Auxotrophy of the Oral Pathogen Tannerella forsythia: Characterization of a MurNAc Kinase and Analysis of Its Role in Cell Wall Metabolism
Tannerella forsythia is an anaerobic, Gram-negative oral pathogen that thrives in multispecies gingival biofilms associated with periodontitis. The bacterium is auxotrophic for the commonly essential bacterial cell wall sugar N-acetylmuramic acid (MurNAc) and, thus, strictly depends on an exogenous...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5790795/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29434575 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00019 |