title: Tuberculosis: feeding the enemy.
abstract: The nutrition of intracellular Mycobacterium tuberculosis is particularly experimentally intractable. In this issue of Chemistry and Biology, using 13C labeling with a new method of data analysis, Beste and colleagues provide direct evidence for the nutrients and pathways used by this ancient enemy of humanity.
authors: Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester Medical School, Leicester LE1 9HN, UK.
authors: Natalie J
authors: NJ
authors: Garton
authors: Helen M
authors: HM
authors: O'Hare
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D002244:Carbon / Q000378:metabolism*; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D006801:Humans; D008264:Macrophages / Q000382:microbiology*; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000502:physiology*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D002244:Carbon