Gonococcal Adaptation to Palmitic Acid Through farAB Expression and FadD Activity Mutations Increases In Vivo Fitness in a Murine Genital Tract Infection Model

Gao, LY; Wang, ZM; van der Veen, S

van der Veen, S (corresponding author), Zhejiang Univ, Sch Med, Dept Microbiol & Parasitol, 866 Yuhangtang Rd, Hangzhou 310058, Peoples R China.

JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 2021; 224 (1): 141

Abstract

Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a bacterial pathogen that colonizes mucosal epithelia that are rich in antimicrobial molecules such as long-chain fatty acids......

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