To infect and cause disease, bacterial pathogens must localize to specific regions of the host
where they possess the metabolic and defensive acumen for survival. Motile flagellated …

Fucose is a monosaccharide commonly found in mammalian, insect, microbial and plant
glycans. The removal of terminal α-l-fucosyl residues from oligosaccharides and …

Extracellular vesicles are produced in all three domains of life, and their biogenesis has
common ancient origins in eukaryotes and archaea. Although bacterial vesicles were …

Campylobacter jejuni is the leading cause of bacterial foodborne gastroenteritis world wide
and represents a major public health concern. Over the past two decades, significant …

The deoxyhexose sugar L‐fucose is important for many biological processes within the
human body and the associated microbiota. This carbohydrate is abundant in host gut …

There are 100 trillion diverse bacterial residents in the mammalian gut. Commensal
bacterial species/strains cooperate and compete with each other to establish a well …

The biogeography of the mammalian intestine is remarkable in that a vast microbial
consortium exists inside the organism, surrounded by intestinal epithelial cells. The …

An emerging paradigm suggests that gut glycosylation is a key force in maintaining the
homeostatic relationship between the gut and its microbiota. Nevertheless, it is unclear how …

Abstract Introduction: Phocaeicola vulgatus (formerly Bacteroides vulgatus) is a prevalent
member of human and animal guts, where it influences by its dietary-fiber-fueled …

Abstract l-2-Keto-3-deoxyfuconate 4-dehydrogenase (l-KDFDH) catalyzes the NAD+-
dependent oxidization of l-2-keto-3-deoxyfuconate (l-KDF) to l-2, 4-diketo-3-deoxyfuconate (l …