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Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium exploits inflammation to compete with the intestinal microbiota.
PLoS biology - 1 Oct 2007
Stecher Bärbel, Robbiani Riccardo, Walker Alan W, Westendorf Astrid M, Barthel Manja, Kremer Marcus, Chaffron Samuel, Macpherson Andrew J, Buer Jan, Parkhill Julian, Dougan Gordon, von Mering Christian, Hardt Wolf-Dietrich
Abstract excerpt
Most mucosal surfaces of the mammalian body are colonized by microbial communities ("microbiota"). A high density of commensal microbiota inhabits the intestine and shields from infection ("colonization resistance"). The virulence strategies allowing enteropathogenic bacteria to successfully compete with the microbiota and overcome colonization resistance are poorly understood. Here, we investigated manipulation...
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