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MinireviewIf You Eat It or Secrete It, They Will Grow: the Expanding List of Nutrients Utilized by Human Gut BacteriaIn order to persist, successful bacterial inhabitants of the human gut need to adapt to changing nutrient conditions, which are influenced by host diet and a variety of other factors. For members of the Bacteroidetes and several other phyla, this has resulted in the diversification of a variety of enzyme-based systems that equip them to sense and utilize carbohydrate-based nutrients from host, diet, and bacterial origins.
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Research ArticleGenetic Manipulation of Wild Human Gut BacteroidesHuman gut Bacteroides species exhibit strain-level differences in their physiology, ecology, and impact on human health and disease. However, existing approaches for genetic manipulation generally require construction of genetically modified parental strains for each microbe of interest or defined medium formulations. In this report, we introduce a robust and efficient strategy for targeted genetic manipulation of diverse wild-...
Research Article | SpotlightIdentification of a Fifth Antibacterial Toxin Produced by a Single Bacteroides fragilis StrainThe intestinal microbiota is a diverse microbial ecosystem that provides numerous benefits to humans. The factors that govern its establishment and stability are just beginning to be elucidated. Identification and characterization of antimicrobial toxins produced by its members and their killing range are essential to understanding the role of antagonism in community composition and stability. Here, we identify a fifth antimicrobial...
- Bacteriophages, Transposons, and PlasmidsGenetic and Functional Analyses of the mob Operon on Conjugative Transposon CTn341 from Bacteroides spp.
- GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGYCTnDOT Integrase Interactions with Attachment Site DNA and Control of Directionality of the Recombination Reaction
- Bacteriophages, Transposons, and PlasmidsTetracycline-Associated Transcriptional Regulation of Transfer Genes of the Bacteroides Conjugative Transposon CTnDOT
- Bacteriophages, Transposons, and PlasmidsAn Unexpected Effect of Tetracycline Concentration: Growth Phase-Associated Excision of the Bacteroides Mobilizable Transposon NBU1
- GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGYIntegration Site Selection by the Bacteroides Conjugative Transposon CTnBST