title: Glycolysis for Microbiome Generation.
abstract: For a generation of microbiologists who study pathogenesis in the context of the human microbiome, understanding the diversity of bacterial metabolism is essential. In this chapter, I briefly describe how and why I became, and remain, interested in metabolism. I then will describe and compare some of the strategies used by bacteria to consume sugars as one example of metabolic diversity. I will end with a plea to embrace metabolism in the endeavor to understand pathogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stritch School of Medicine, Health Sciences Division, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois.
authors.forename: Alan J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Wolfe
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D005285:Fermentation / Q000502:physiology; D006019:Glycolysis / Q000502:physiology*; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D064307:Microbiota / Q000502:physiology*; D010427:Pentose Phosphate Pathway / Q000502:physiology