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Host Gut Motility Promotes Competitive Exclusion within a Model Intestinal Microbiota.
PLoS biology - 1 Jul 2016
Wiles Travis J, Jemielita Matthew, Baker Ryan P, Schlomann Brandon H, Logan Savannah L, Ganz Julia, Melancon Ellie, Eisen Judith S, Guillemin Karen, Parthasarathy Raghuveer
Abstract excerpt
The gut microbiota is a complex consortium of microorganisms with the ability to influence important aspects of host health and development. Harnessing this "microbial organ" for biomedical applications requires clarifying the degree to which host and bacterial factors act alone or in combination to govern the stability of specific lineages. To address this issue, we combined bacteriological manipulation and...
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