Anaerobiosis: A Surfactant Helps Bacteria Breathe a Sigh of Relief.


Journal

Current biology : CB
ISSN: 1879-0445
Titre abrégé: Curr Biol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9107782

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
23 03 2020
Historique:
entrez: 26 3 2020
pubmed: 26 3 2020
medline: 3 11 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Oxygen is essential for many organisms who have therefore evolved mechanisms to enable survival during hypoxia. A new study describes how a well-known bacterial surfactant, called surfactin, facilitates bacterial viability when oxygen becomes limiting by reducing oxygen consumption.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32208155
pii: S0960-9822(20)30167-6
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.01.087
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

Surface-Active Agents 0
Oxygen S88TT14065

Types de publication

Journal Article Comment

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

R278-R280

Commentaires et corrections

Type : CommentOn

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Jonathan Dworkin (J)

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA. Electronic address: jed2113@cumc.columbia.edu.

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