Intestinal inflammation allows Salmonella to use ethanolamine to compete with the microbiota

• Main Authors: Thiennimitr P., Winter S.E., Winter M.G., Xavier M.N., Tolstikov V., Huseby D.L., Sterzenbach T., Tsolis R.M., Roth J.R., Baumler A.J.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80054806900&partnerID=40&md5=988d45bbfea0971e7c6850ae0f2f03e3; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/3718
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Conventional wisdom holds that microbes support their growth in vertebrate hosts by exploiting a large variety of nutrients. We show here that use of a specific nutrient (ethanolamine) confers a marked growth advantage on Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) in the lumen of the i...