The Immune Protein Calprotectin Impacts <named-content content-type="genus-species">Clostridioides difficile</named-content> Metabolism through Zinc Limitation

The Immune Protein Calprotectin Impacts <named-content content-type="genus-species">Clostridioides difficile</named-content> Metabolism through Zinc Limitation

ABSTRACT The intestines house a diverse microbiota that must compete for nutrients to survive, but the specific limiting nutrients that control pathogen colonization are not clearly defined. Clostridioides difficile colonization typically requires prior disruption of the microbiota, suggesting that...

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Main Authors: Christopher A. Lopez, William N. Beavers, Andy Weiss, Reece J. Knippel, Joseph P. Zackular, Walter Chazin, Eric P. Skaar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019-12-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
Clostridioides difficile
Stickland fermentation
calprotectin
proline
zinc
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.02289-19

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.02289-19

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