Neisseria meningitidis lactate permease is required for nasopharyngeal colonization.
Neisseria meningitidis is a human specific pathogen that is part of the normal nasopharyngeal flora. Little is known about the metabolic constraints on survival of the meningococcus during colonization of the upper airways. Here we show that glucose and lactate, both carbon energy sources for mening...
| প্রধান লেখক: | , , , , , , |
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| বিন্যাস: | Journal article |
| ভাষা: | English |
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2005
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