The Stringent Response Determines the Ability of a Commensal Bacterium to Survive Starvation and to Persist in the Gut
Schofield WB, Zimmermann-Kogadeeva M, Zimmermann M, Barry NA, Goodman AL. The Stringent Response Determines the Ability of a Commensal Bacterium to Survive Starvation and to Persist in the Gut. Cell Host & Microbe 2018, 24: 120-132.e6. PMID: 30008292, PMCID: PMC6086485, DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2018.06.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCarbon starvationStringent responseHuman gut bacterium Bacteroides thetaiotaomicronTricarboxylic acid cycle genesMultiple biosynthetic pathwaysCycle genesCentral metabolismMammalian gutTriggers accumulationBiosynthetic pathwayBacteroides thetaiotaomicronDeficient strainMetabolic regulatorAlpha-ketoglutarate supplementationStarvationAlpha-ketoglutarateC labelingCommensal bacteriaMetabolomic analysisGut microbiomeCommensal bacteriumThetaiotaomicronBacteriaPathwayGut