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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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Autores principales: Hsieh, Samantha A., Donermeyer, David L., Horvath, Stephen C., Allen, Paul M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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