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Specific osmolyte transporters mediate bile tolerance in Listeria monocytogenes.
Infection and immunity - 1 Nov 2009
Watson Debbie, Sleator Roy D, Casey Pat G, Hill Colin, Gahan Cormac G M
Abstract excerpt
The food-borne pathogenic bacterium Listeria monocytogenes has the potential to adapt to an array of suboptimal growth environments encountered within the host. The pathogen is relatively bile tolerant and has the capacity to survive and grow within both the small intestine and the gallbladder in murine models of oral infection. We have previously demonstrated a role for the principal carnitine transport system...
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