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Phase-variable bacteria simultaneously express multiple capsules
Capsular polysaccharides (CPSs) protect bacteria from host and environmental factors. Many bacteria can express different CPSs and these CPSs are phase variable. For example, Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (B. theta) is a prominent member of the human gut microbiome and expresses eight different capsu...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Microbiology Society
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8489884/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34224345 http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.001066 |