Loss of Ethanolamine Utilization in <named-content content-type="genus-species">Enterococcus faecalis</named-content> Increases Gastrointestinal Tract Colonization

Loss of Ethanolamine Utilization in <named-content content-type="genus-species">Enterococcus faecalis</named-content> Increases Gastrointestinal Tract Colonization

ABSTRACT Enterococcus faecalis is paradoxically a dangerous nosocomial pathogen and a normal constituent of the human gut microbiome, an environment rich in ethanolamine. E. faecalis carries the eut (ethanolamine utilization) genes, which enable the catabolism of ethanolamine (EA) as a valuable sour...

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Main Authors: Karan Gautam Kaval, Kavindra V. Singh, Melissa R. Cruz, Sruti DebRoy, Wade C. Winkler, Barbara E. Murray, Danielle A. Garsin
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018
Subjects:
Enterococcus
ethanolamine
intestinal colonization
Microbiology
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/64653fa2c8f942b09a46ef17c1a58a57
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