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A link between gut community metabolism and pathogenesis: molecular hydrogen-stimulated glucarate catabolism aids Salmonella virulence.
Open biology - 4 Dec 2013
Lamichhane-Khadka Reena, Benoit Stéphane L, Maier Susan E, Maier Robert J
Abstract excerpt
Glucarate, an oxidized product of glucose, is a major serum organic acid in humans. Still, its role as a carbon source for a pathogen colonizing hosts has not been studied. We detected high-level expression of a potential glucarate permease encoding gene gudT when Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium are exposed to hydrogen gas (H(2)), a gaseous by-product of gut commensal metabolism. A gudT strain of...
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