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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Yoon MY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5482719 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20160513
Indigenous microbes inside the host intestine maintain a complex self-regulating community. The mechanisms by which gut microbes interact with intestinal pathogens remain largely unknown. Here we identify a commensal Escherichia coli strain whose expansion predisposes mice to infection by Vibrio cholerae, a human pathogen. We refer to this strain as 'atypical' E. coli (atEc) because of its inability to ferment lactose. The atEc strain is resistant to reactive oxygen species (ROS) and proliferate ...[more]