A single gene of a commensal microbe affects host susceptibility to enteric infection
The interactions between gut bacteria and enteric pathogens are poorly understood. Here, Yoon et al. show that subinhibitory antibiotic treatment in a mouse model leads to overgrowth of an E. coli strain carrying a catalase-encoding gene that enhances infection with the human pathogen Vibrio cholera...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016-05-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11606 |