Antibiotics create a shift from mutualism to competition in human gut communities with a longer-lasting impact on fungi than bacteria

Abstract Background Antibiotic treatment has a well-established detrimental effect on the gut bacterial composition, but effects on the fungal community are less clear. Bacteria in the lumen of the gastrointestinal tract may limit fungal colonization and invasion. Antibiotic drugs targeting bacteria...

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Main Authors: Bastian Seelbinder, Jiarui Chen, Sascha Brunke, Ruben Vazquez-Uribe, Rakesh Santhaman, Anne-Christin Meyer, Felipe Senne de Oliveira Lino, Ka-Fai Chan, Daniel Loos, Lejla Imamovic, Chi-Ching Tsang, Rex Pui-kin Lam, Siddharth Sridhar, Kang Kang, Bernhard Hube, Patrick Chiu-yat Woo, Morten Otto Alexander Sommer, Gianni Panagiotou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:Microbiome
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-020-00899-6