Protectors of the Neonatal Gut: Clostridia Send Pathogens Packing

Publication date: 14 June 2017
Source:Cell Host & Microbe, Volume 21, Issue 6
Author(s): Judith Behnsen
Commensal bacteria are known to provide colonization resistance in the gut. But exactly which ones provide this function? In a recent paper in Science, Kim et al. (2017) revealed that Clostridia added to mouse infant gut microbiota are sufficient to limit colonization of pathogenic Enterobacteriaceae.

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Commensal bacteria are known to provide colonization resistance in the gut. But exactly which ones provide this function? In a recent paper in Science, Kim et al. (2017) revealed that Clostridia added to mouse infant gut microbiota are sufficient to limit colonization of pathogenic Enterobacteriaceae.


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