Metabolism in the Niche: a Large-Scale Genome-Based Survey Reveals Inositol Utilization To Be Widespread among Soil, Commensal, and Pathogenic Bacteria

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This study reveals that the capacity to utilize inositol is unexpectedly widespread among soil, commensal, and pathogenic bacteria. We assume that this yet-neglected metabolism plays a pivotal role in the microbial turnover of phytate and inositols. The bioinformatic tool established here enables predicting to which extent and genetic variance a bacterial determinant is present in all genomes sequenced so far.

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