A fructose/H+ symporter controlled by a LacI-type regulator promotes survival of pandemic Vibrio cholerae in seawater

The bacterium Vibrio cholerae can colonize the human intestine and cause cholera, but spends much of its life cycle in seawater. Here, Liu et al. identify a fructose uptake system that is important for the growth of the bacteria in seawater, where fructose concentrations are low.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yutao Liu, Bin Liu, Tingting Xu, Qian Wang, Wendi Li, Jialin Wu, Xiaoyu Zheng, Ruiying Liu, Xingmei Liu, Xi Guo, Lu Feng, Lei Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24971-3