Rhamnose metabolism and metronidazole resistance in B. thetaiotaomicron VPI-5482

Includes bibliographical references (pages 118-132). === Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron is an important human gut commensal organism that facilitates polysaccharide utilization, but can act as an opportunistic pathogen outside of this environment causing anaerobic bacteraemia and abscess formation. Th...

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Main Author: Patel, Ekta H
Other Authors: Abratt, Valerie Rose
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17880