Colonization Resistance: Battle of the Bugs or Ménage à Trois with the Host?

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The lower gastrointestinal tract is host to a dense microbial community, known as the gut microbiota, which is dominated by obligate anaerobic bacteria belonging to the phyla Bacteroidetes (class Bacteroidia) and Firmicutes (class Clostridia). This microbial community offers benefit by conferring niche protection against invading microbes, a property known as “colonization resistance” (reviewed in [1]). The...

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