Fatty acid activation and utilization by Alistipes finegoldii , a representative Bacteroidetes resident of the human gut microbiome

What is it about?

Members of the Bacteroidetes phylum are major contributors to the human gut microbiome. Here, we show that Alistipes finegoldii, an anaerobic commensal, acquires the fatty acid nutrients available in the gut environment to construct its membrane lipids utilizing a unique combination of acyl-acyl carrier protein synthetases with different substrate selectivities.

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