Bacterial catabolism of nonulosonic (sialic) acid and fitness in the gut

Gut Microbes

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-50

  Almagro Moreno, Salvador ^a   Boyd, E Fidelma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Gut; Pathogen host interaction; Sialic acid; Vibrio

Indexed keywords

SIALIC ACID; SIALIDASE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; METAZOA; VIBRIO;

EID: 77954839926     PISSN: 19490976     EISSN: 19490984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/gmic.1.1.10386     Document Type: Article

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