Inactivation of a single gene enables microaerobic growth of the obligate anaerobe Bacteroides fragilis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 30, 2012, Pages 12153-12158

  Meehan, Brian M ^a   Baughn, Anthony D ^a,b   Gallegos, Rene ^a   Malamy, Michael H ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobiosis; Peroxidase; Superoxide

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXYGEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AHPC GENE; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHIC MUTANT; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; BATA E GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES MICROFLORA; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; KAT GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN ENABLED GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TPX GENE; WILD TYPE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; DNA PRIMERS; GENE SILENCING; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN; PLASMIDS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON;

EID: 84864376929     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1203796109     Document Type: Article

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