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Abstract
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.Entities:
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28618260 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2017.06.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Host Microbe ISSN: 1931-3128 Impact factor: 21.023