Do Primocolonizing Bacteria Enable Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron Intestinal Colonization Independently of the Capacity To Consume Oxygen?
Aerobic bacteria are frequent primocolonizers of the human naive intestine. Their generally accepted role is to eliminate oxygen, which would allow colonization by anaerobes that subsequently dominate bacterial gut populations.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2021-06-01
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| Series: | mSphere |
| Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00232-19 |