Sialic acid catabolism and transport gene clusters are lineage specific in Vibrio vulnificus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3407-3415

  Lubin, Jean Bernard ^a   Kingston, Joseph J ^a   Chowdhury, Nityananda ^a   Boyd, E Fidelma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CLINICAL ISOLATES; CLINICAL STRAINS; DELETION MUTATIONS; EXPRESSION ANALYSIS; GENE CLUSTERS; MUCOUS MEMBRANES; PATHOGENIC ISOLATES; PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS; SIALIC ACIDS; SOLE CARBON SOURCE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO SPECIES; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CARBON; CHROMOSOMES; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON; CARRIER PROTEIN; N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID;

ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; CATABOLISM; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHROMOSOME; COMMENSAL; GENE EXPRESSION; MEMBRANE; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIBRIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBON; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 84861158464     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07395-11     Document Type: Article

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