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Longitudinal Analysis of the Prevalence, Maintenance, and IgA Response to Species of the Order Bacteroidales in the Human Gut
15 Mar 2011
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Bacteroidales species are the most abundant Gram-negative bacteria of the human intestinal microbiota. These bacteria evolved to synthesize numerous capsular polysaccharides (PS) that are subject to phase variation. In Bacteroides fragilis, PS synthesis is regulated so that only one of the eight PS biosynthesis loci is transcribed at a time in each bacterium. To determine if the bacteria evolved this unusual...
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