Polysaccharide utilization loci in Bacteroides determine population fitness and community-level interactions
Jun Feng, Yili Qian, Zhichao Zhou, Ertmer Sarah, Eugenio I. Vivas, Freeman Lan, Joshua J. Hamilton, Federico E. Rey, Karthik Anantharaman, Ophelia S. Venturelli
The paper identifies PULs in B. uniformis that influence fitness and community interactions through glycan degradation and butyrate production.
Cell Host & Microbe · Jan 6, 2022Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology