The use of amino sugars by Bacillus subtilis: presence of a unique operon for the catabolism of glucosamine.

The use of amino sugars by Bacillus subtilis: presence of a unique operon for the catabolism of glucosamine.

B. subtilis grows more rapidly using the amino sugar glucosamine as carbon source, than with N-acetylglucosamine. Genes for the transport and metabolism of N-acetylglucosamine (nagP and nagAB) are found in all the sequenced Bacilli (except Anoxybacillus flavithermus). In B. subtilis there is an addi...

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Main Authors: Isabelle Gaugué, Jacques Oberto, Harald Putzer, Jacqueline Plumbridge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3648570?pdf=render

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