Metabolic and fitness determinants for in vitro growth and intestinal colonization of the bacterial pathogen Campylobacter jejuni.

Campylobacter jejuni is one of the leading infectious causes of food-borne illness around the world. Its ability to persistently colonize the intestinal tract of a broad range of hosts, including food-producing animals, is central to its epidemiology since most infections are due to the consumption...

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Main Authors: Beile Gao, Hanne Vorwerk, Claudia Huber, Maria Lara-Tejero, Juliane Mohr, Andrew L Goodman, Wolfgang Eisenreich, Jorge E Galán, Dirk Hofreuter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-05-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5438104?pdf=render

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