A Phase-Variable Surface Layer from the Gut Symbiont <named-content content-type="genus-species">Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron</named-content>
ABSTRACT The capsule from Bacteroides, a common gut symbiont, has long been a model system for studying the molecular mechanisms of host-symbiont interactions. The Bacteroides capsule is thought to consist of an array of phase-variable polysaccharides that give rise to subpopulations with distinct c...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2015-10-01
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| Series: | mBio |
| Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01339-15 |