Enterococcus spp. have higher fitness for survival, in a pH-dependent manner, in pancreatic juice among duodenal bacterial flora
S. Itoyama, E. Noda, S. Takamatsu, J. Kondo, R. Kawaguchi, M. Shimosaka, T. Fukuoka, D. Motooka, S. Nakamura, M. Tanemura, S. Mitsufuji, Y. Iwagami, H. Akita, T. Tobe, Y. Kamada, , E. Miyoshi
The paper investigates the survival of Enterococcus faecalis in pancreatic juice under different pH conditions and finds it has higher fitness in alkaline environments.
bioRxiv · Aug 8, 2021Microbiology