Dolosigranulum pigrum Cooperation and Competition in Human Nasal Microbiota

• Published in: mSphere Vol. 5; no. 5
• Main Authors: Brugger, Silvio D., Eslami, Sara M., Pettigrew, Melinda M., Escapa, Isabel F., Henke, Matthew T., Kong, Yong, Lemon, Katherine P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington American Society for Microbiology 28.10.2020
• Subjects: Acid production; Adults; Bacteria; Colonization; Cooperation; Corynebacterium; Datasets; Dolosigranulum pigrum; Epidemiology; Gene clusters; Genomes; Genomic analysis; Host-Microbe Biology; Hypotheses; interspecies interactions; Lactic acid; microbe-microbe interactions; Microbiota; Morbidity; Nose; Nutrients; Pediatrics; Respiratory tract; Risk factors; Species; Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus infections; Streptococcus infections; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Taxonomy

Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae infections cause significant morbidity and mortality in humans. For both, nasal colonization is a risk factor for infection. Studies of nasal microbiota identify Dolosigranulum pigrum as a benign bacterium present when adults are free of S. aureus o...