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Abstract
Colonization resistance refers to the ability of the colonic microbiota to prevent invasion by pathogens including Clostridium difficile. In a recent article, Buffie et al. (2014) have demonstrated that a single metabolic cluster present in the normal, colonic microflora is responsible for preventing C. difficile invasion of healthy hosts.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25525784 PMCID: PMC4977530 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2014.10.015
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Host Microbe ISSN: 1931-3128 Impact factor: 21.023