MicrobiologyProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPeer-reviewed
DNA-utilization loci enable exogenous DNA metabolism in gut Bacteroidales
Deepti Sharan, Agnieszka Nurek, Joshua Stemczynski…·Samuel H. Light
This study identifies DNA-utilization loci in gut Bacteroidales that metabolize exogenous DNA into deaminated nucleobases, revealing a conserved pathway with implications for host-microbe interactions.
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