A single gene of a commensal microbe affects host susceptibility to enteric infection

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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Main Authors: Mi Young Yoon, Kyung Bae Min, Kang-Mu Lee, Yujin Yoon, Yaeseul Kim, Young Taek Oh, Keehoon Lee, Jongsik Chun, Byung-Yong Kim, Seok-Hwan Yoon, Insuk Lee, Chan Yeong Kim, Sang Sun Yoon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11606

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