Identification and characterization of a carnitine transporter in Acinetobacter baumannii

Abstract The opportunistic pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii is able to grow on carnitine. The genes encoding the pathway for carnitine degradation to the intermediate malic acid are known but the transporter mediating carnitine uptake remained to be identified. The open reading frame HMPREF0010_0134...

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Main Authors: Jennifer Breisch, Izabela Waclawska, Beate Averhoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-06-01
Series:MicrobiologyOpen
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.752