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Amino acid-dependent growth of Campylobacter jejuni: key roles for aspartase (AspA) under microaerobic and oxygen-limited conditions and identification of AspB (Cj0762), essential for growth on glutamate.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Jul 2008
Guccione Edward, Leon-Kempis Maria del Rocio, Pearson Bruce M, Hitchin Edward, Mulholland Francis, van Diemen Pauline M, Stevens Mark P, Kelly David J
Abstract excerpt
Amino acids are key carbon and energy sources for the asaccharolytic food-borne human pathogen Campylobacter jejuni. During microaerobic growth in amino acid rich complex media, aspartate, glutamate, proline and serine are the only amino acids significantly utilized by strain NCTC 11168. The catabolism of aspartate and glutamate was investigated. An aspartase (aspA) mutant (unable to utilize any amino acid except...
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