Nutrient acquisition in a human gut symbiont : molecular analysis of the carbohydrate utilisation apparatus of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron
The gut microbiota play a significant role in human health and nutrition, although the mechanisms these organisms use to survive in this densely populated environment are not well understood. Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron is a dominant member of the gut bacterial community whose genome sequence revea...
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University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
2009
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.500969 |