D-Alanyl ester depletion of teichoic acids in Lactobacillus reuteri 100-23 results in impaired colonization of the mouse gastrointestinal tract

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1750-1760

  Walter, Jens ^a,b   Loach, Diane M ^a   Alqumber, Mohammed ^a   Rockel, Christoph ^c   Hermann, Corinna ^c   Pfitzenmaier, Markus ^d   Tannock, Gerald W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D-ALANYLALANINE SYNTHETASE; DEXTRO ALANINE DEXTRO ALANINE LIGASE; ESTER; NISIN; OCTOXINOL; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; PRIMER DNA; TEICHOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; DNA PRIMERS; ESTERS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE SILENCING; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NISIN; OCTOXYNOL; OPERON; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEICHOIC ACIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI 100-23; MURINAE; MUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 34250202191     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01292.x     Document Type: Article

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