A transferable plasticity region in Campylobacter coli allows isolates of an otherwise non-glycolytic food-borne pathogen to catabolize glucose

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 809-830

  Vorwerk, Hanne ^a   Huber, Claudia ^b   Mohr, Juliane ^a   Bunk, Boyke ^c,d   Bhuju, Sabin ^e   Wensel, Olga ^a,h   Spröer, Cathrin ^c,d   Fruth, Angelika ^f   Flieger, Antje ^f   Schmidt Hohagen, Kerstin ^g   Schomburg, Dietmar ^g   Eisenreich, Wolfgang ^b   Hofreuter, Dirk ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

^d German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF)   (Germany)

^e HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^g TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^h Boehringer Ingelheim Veterinary Research Center GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; CARBON 13; PERMEASE; RIBOSOME RNA; CARBON; GLUCOSE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL SURFACE; ENTNER DOUDOROFF PATHWAY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMIC ISLAND; GLYCOLYSIS; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CHICKEN; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHICKENS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; GLUCOSE; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMANS; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84983094941     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13159     Document Type: Article

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