Ethanolamine-induced assembly of microcompartments is required for Fusobacterium nucleatum virulence
Dana S. Franklin, Yi-Wei Chen, Yimin Chen, Manuel Wittchen, Angela Agnew, Alexis Luu, Julian P. Whitelegge, Z. Hong Zhou, Andreas Tauch, Asis Das, Hung Ton‐That
This paper shows that ethanolamine utilization via BMCs is essential for Fusobacterium nucleatum virulence, as BMC formation is regulated by a TCS and disruption reduces pathogenicity in a mouse model.
mBio · Dec 23, 2024Peer-reviewedMicrobiology