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A functional genomics approach to establish the complement of carbohydrate transporters in Streptococcus pneumoniae.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Bidossi Alessandro, Mulas Laura, Decorosi Francesca, Colomba Leonarda, Ricci Susanna, Pozzi Gianni, Deutscher Josef, Viti Carlo, Oggioni Marco Rinaldo
Abstract excerpt
The aerotolerant anaerobe Streptococcus pneumoniae is part of the normal nasopharyngeal microbiota of humans and one of the most important invasive pathogens. A genomic survey allowed establishing the occurrence of twenty-one phosphotransferase systems, seven carbohydrate uptake ABC transporters, one sodium:solute symporter and a permease, underlining an exceptionally high capacity for uptake of carbohydrate...
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