The Biosynthesis of Lipooligosaccharide from Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron

Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a cell-associated glycolipid that makes up the outer leaflet of the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria, is a canonical mediator of microbe-host interactions. The most prevalent Gram-negative gut bacterial taxon, Bacteroides, makes up around 50% of the cells in a typic...

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Main Authors: Amy N. Jacobson, Biswa P. Choudhury, Michael A. Fischbach, David A. Relman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018-03-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/9/2/e02289-17