Characterization of fatty acid modifying enzyme activity in staphylococcal mastitis isolates and other bacteria

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Fatty acid modifying enzyme (FAME) has been shown to modify free fatty acids to alleviate their bactericidal effect by esterifying fatty acids to cholesterol or alcohols. Although it has been shown in previous studies that FAME is re...

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Main Authors: Lu Thea, Park Joo, Parnell Kelleen, Fox Larry K, McGuire Mark A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-06-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1756-0500/5/323