Bacteriophages targeting protective commensals impair resistance against Salmonella Typhimurium infection in gnotobiotic mice

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Gut microbial communities protect the host against a variety of major human gastrointestinal pathogens. Bacteriophages (phages) are ubiquitous in nature and frequently ingested via food and drinking water. Moreover, they are an attractive tool for microbiome engineering due to the lack of known serious adverse effects on the host. However, the functional role of phages within the gastrointestinal microbiome...

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