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Diversity of ethanolamine utilization by human commensal Escherichia coli

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Ethanolamine (EA) is a substrate naturally present in the human gut and its catabolism by bacteria relies on the presence of eut genes encoding specific metabolic enzymes and accessory proteins. To date, EA utilization has been mostly investigated in gut bacterial pathogens. The aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of human gut commensal Escherichia coli isolates to utilize EA as a nitrogen and/or carbon sources. Although the capacity to consume EA is heterogeneous between the 40 strains of our collection, we determined that most of them could degrade EA to generate ammonia, a useful nitrogen resource for growth. Three isolates were also able to exploit EA as a carbon source. We also revealed that the inability of some strains to catabolize EA is explained either by mutations in the eut locus or by a defect in gene transcription. Finally, we demonstrated the importance of EA utilization for an optimal fitness of commensal E. coli in vivo. Our study provides new insights on the diversity of commensal E. coli strains to utilize EA as a nutrient in the gut and opens the way for new research in the field of interactions between host, gut microbiota and pathogens.

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hal-03762006 , version 1 (26-08-2022)

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Maria Ines Moreira de Gouveia, Julien Daniel, Annie Garrivier, Annick Bernalier Donadille, Grégory Jubelin. Diversity of ethanolamine utilization by human commensal Escherichia coli. Research in Microbiology, 2023, 174 (1-2), pp.103989. ⟨10.1016/j.resmic.2022.103989⟩. ⟨hal-03762006⟩
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