Breathing life into pathogens: the influence of oxygen on bacterial virulence and host responses in the gastrointestinal tract.
The gastrointestinal tract provides a variety of environmental challenges to any bacterium seeking to successfully colonize or cause disease in a host. A major obstacle is the varied oxygen concentrations encountered at different sites in the intestine. Here we review the mechanisms bacterial pathog...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2011
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