Like Will to Like: Abundances of Closely Related Species Can Predict Susceptibility to Intestinal Colonization by Pathogenic and Commensal Bacteria

Stecher, Bärbel; Chaffron, Samuel; Käppeli, Rina; Hapfelmeier, Siegfried; Freedrich, Susanne; C. Weber, Thomas; Kirundi, Jorum; Suar, Mrutyunjay; D. McCoy, Kathy; von Mering, Christian; J. Macpherson, Andrew; Hardt, Wolf‐Dietrich

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1000711

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Like Will to Like: Abundances of Closely Related Species Can Predict Susceptibility to Intestinal Colonization by Pathogenic and Commensal Bacteria

Published in PLoS Pathogens • Jan 8, 2010

Authors:

Bärbel Stecher

Samuel Chaffron

Rina Käppeli

Abstract

The intestinal ecosystem is formed by a complex, yet highly characteristic microbial community. The parameters defining whether this community permits invasion of a new bacterial species are unclear. In particular, inhibition of enteropathogen infection by the gut microbiota ( = colonization resista...

Subject

Biology

Salmonella enterica

Microbiology

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