BACKGROUND Members of the Bacteroides fragilis group are the most important components of the normal human gut microbiome, but are also major opportunistic pathogens that are responsible for significa
Host-derived short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are essential for Salmonella Typhimurium (STM) virulence. Formate, an SCFA found in the ileum, enhances STM invasion, but the role of the intracellular for
The protein complement of whole cell extract of the bacterium Francisella tularensis tularensis was analyzed using two-dimensional electrophoresis with preparative isoelectric focusing in the first di