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Neisseria meningitidis Lactate Permease Is Required for Nasopharyngeal Colonization

Neisseria meningitidis is a human specific pathogen that is part of the normal nasopharyngeal flora. Little is known about the metabolic constraints on survival of the meningococcus during colonization of the upper airways. Here we show that glucose and lactate, both carbon energy sources for mening...

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Main Authors: Exley, Rachel M., Goodwin, Linda, Mowe, Eva, Shaw, Jonathan, Smith, Harry, Read, Robert C., Tang, Christoph M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2005
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1231078/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16113293
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/IAI.73.9.5762-5766.2005
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