Loss of Ethanolamine Utilization in Enterococcus faecalis Increases Gastrointestinal Tract Colonization

Enterococcus faecalis is paradoxically a dangerous nosocomial pathogen and a normal constituent of the human gut microbiome, an environment rich in ethanolamine. E. faecalis carries the eut (ethanolamine utilization) genes, which enable the catabolism of ethanolamine (EA) as a valuable source of car...

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Published in:mBio
Main Authors: Kaval, Karan Gautam, Singh, Kavindra V., Cruz, Melissa R., DebRoy, Sruti, Winkler, Wade C., Murray, Barbara E., Garsin, Danielle A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5941071/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29739905
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00790-18
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