homolactic to mixed acid fermentation, and this shift is linked to the microbe's virulence.
However, the genetic basis of this switch is unknown. Pyruvate formate lyase (PFL) is a
crucial enzyme for mixed acid fermentation. Functional PFL requires the activities of two
enzymes: pyruvate formate lyase activating enzyme (coded by pflA) and pyruvate formate
lyase (coded by pflB). To understand the genetic basis of mixed acid fermentation …