The social structure of microbial community involved in colonization resistance

• Published in: The ISME Journal Vol. 8; no. 3; pp. 564 - 574
• Main Authors: He, Xuesong, McLean, Jeffrey S, Guo, Lihong, Lux, Renate, Shi, Wenyuan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.03.2014; Oxford University Press; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/326/2565/2134; 631/326/2565/855; Animals; Antibiosis; Bacteria; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Colonization; Community involvement; Community structure; E coli; Ecology; Escherichia coli; Escherichia coli - growth & development; Escherichia coli - metabolism; Evolutionary Biology; Hydrogen Peroxide - metabolism; Life Sciences; Mice; Microbial activity; Microbial Ecology; Microbial Genetics and Genomics; Microbiology; Mouth - microbiology; Original; original-article; Regrowth; Social conditions; Staphylococcus - metabolism; Streptococcus - metabolism; microbial community; social structure; facilitation; host-associated microbiota; colonization resistance

It is well established that host-associated microbial communities can interfere with the colonization and establishment of microbes of foreign origins, a phenomenon often referred to as bacterial interference or colonization resistance. However, due to the complexity of the indigenous microbiota, it...