The Protozoan Trichomonas vaginalis Targets Bacteria with Laterally Acquired NlpC/P60 Peptidoglycan Hydrolases

The Protozoan Trichomonas vaginalis Targets Bacteria with Laterally Acquired NlpC/P60 Peptidoglycan Hydrolases

Trichomonas vaginalis is a parasitic protozoan of the human urogenital tract that causes trichomoniasis, a very common sexually transmitted disease. Despite residing extracellularly and in close association with the vaginal bacteria (i.e., the microbiota), very little is known about the nature of th...

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Main Authors: Jully Pinheiro, Jacob Biboy, Waldemar Vollmer, Robert P. Hirt, Jeremy R. Keown, Anastasiia Artuyants, Moyra M. Black, David C. Goldstone, Augusto Simoes-Barbosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018-12-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
lateral gene transfer
NlpC/P60
peptidoglycan
Trichomonas vaginalis
peptidoglycan hydrolases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01784-18

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https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01784-18

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