Requirement for cobalamin by Salmonella enterica serovars Typhimurium, Pullorum, Gallinarum and Enteritidis during infection in chickens

Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium synthesizes cobalamin (vitamin B12) only during anaerobiosis. Two percent of the S. Typhimurium genome is devoted to the synthesis and uptake of vitamin B12 and to B12-dependent reactions. To understand the requirement for cobalamin synthesis better, we constr...

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Main Authors: Jacqueline Boldrin de Paiva, Rafael Antonio Casarin Penha Filho, Angelo Berchieri Junior, Manoel Victor Franco Lemos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2011-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822011000400024