Contribution of riboflavin supply pathways to Vibrio cholerae in different environments

Contribution of riboflavin supply pathways to Vibrio cholerae in different environments

Abstract Background The waterborne diarrheagenic bacterium Vibrio cholerae, cause of the pandemic cholera disease, thrives in a variety of environments ranging from estuarine waters to the human intestinal tract. This species has two ways to obtain the essential micronutrient riboflavin, de novo bio...

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Main Authors: Andrés Fuentes Flores, Ignacio Sepúlveda Cisternas, José Ignacio Vásquez Solis de Ovando, Alexia Torres, Víctor Antonio García-Angulo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:Gut Pathogens
Subjects:
Riboflavin transport
Biosynthesis
Vibrio cholerae
Vitamin B2
Environmental fitness
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13099-017-0214-9

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