Article
Human gut bifidobacteria inhibit the growth of the opportunistic fungal pathogen <i>Candida albicans</i>
2021-12-21
Abstract excerpt
<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> The human gut microbiota protects the host from invading pathogens and the overgrowth of indigenous opportunistic species via mechanisms such as competition for nutrients and by production of antimicrobial compounds. Here, we investigated the antagonist activity of human gut bacteria towards Candida albicans , an opportunistic fungal pathogen that can cause severe infections and mortality in su...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 316b6e54-e3e7-5cfb-82cf-e9b0243d8f78
- DOI
- 10.1101/2021.12.21.473717
