Diaminopimelic Acid Metabolism by Pseudomonadota in the Ocean
ABSTRACT Diaminopimelic acid (DAP) is a unique component of the cell wall of Gram-negative bacteria. It is also an important component of organic matter and is widely utilized by microbes in the world’s oceans. However, neither DAP concentrations nor marine DAP-utilizing microbes have been investiga...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2022-10-01
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Series: | Microbiology Spectrum |
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Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00691-22 |