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Non-responder phenotype reveals apparent microbiome-wide antibiotic tolerance in the murine gut.
Communications biology - 9 Mar 2021
Diener Christian, Hoge Anna C H, Kearney Sean M, Kusebauch Ulrike, Patwardhan Sushmita, Moritz Robert L, Erdman Susan E, Gibbons Sean M
Abstract excerpt
Broad spectrum antibiotics cause both transient and lasting damage to the ecology of the gut microbiome. Antibiotic-induced loss of gut bacterial diversity has been linked to susceptibility to enteric infections. Prior work on subtherapeutic antibiotic treatment in humans and non-human animals has suggested that entire gut communities may exhibit tolerance phenotypes. In this study, we validate the existence of...
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