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Genomic diversity of citrate fermentation in Klebsiella pneumoniae.
BMC microbiology - 15 Aug 2009
Chen Ying-Tsong, Liao Tsai-Lien, Wu Keh-Ming, Lauderdale Tsai-Ling, Yan Jing-Jou, Huang I-Wen, Lu Min-Chi, Lai Yi-Chyi, Liu Yen-Ming, Shu Hung-Yu, Wang Jin-Town, Su Ih-Jen, Tsai Shih-Feng
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: It has long been recognized that Klebsiella pneumoniae can grow anaerobically on citrate. Genes responsible for citrate fermentation of K. pneumoniae were known to be located in a 13-kb gene cluster on the chromosome. By whole genome comparison of the available K. pneumoniae sequences...
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