Squid-Derived Chitin Oligosaccharides Are a Chemotactic Signal during Colonization by Vibrio fischeri

Chitin, a polymer of N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc), is noted as the second most abundant biopolymer in nature. Chitin serves many functions for marine bacteria in the family Vibrionaceae (“vibrios”), in some instances providing a physical attachment site, inducing natural genetic competence, and serv...

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Main Authors: Mandel, Mark J., Schaefer, Amy L., Brennan, Caitlin A., Heath-Heckman, Elizabeth A. C., DeLoney-Marino, Cindy R., McFall-Ngai, Margaret J., Ruby, Edward G.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2012
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Invertebrate Microbiology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3370474/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22522684
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00377-12
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