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Interactions between the microbiota and pathogenic bacteria in the gut

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Bäumler, Andreas J., Sperandio, Vanessa·2016·Nature

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The microbiome has an important role in human health. Changes in the microbiota can confer resistance to or promote infection by pathogenic bacteria. Antibiotics have a profound impact on the microbiota that alters the nutritional landscape of the gut and can lead to the expansion of pathogenic populations. Pathogenic bacteria exploit microbiota-derived sources of carbon and nitrogen as nutrients and regulatory signals to promote their own growth and virulence. By eliciting inflammation, these bacteria alter the intestinal environment and use unique systems for respiration and metal acquisition to drive their expansion. Unravelling the interactions between the microbiota, the host and pathogenic bacteria will produce strategies for manipulating the microbiota against infectious diseases.

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Authors
Bäumler, A. J., & Sperandio, V.
Affiliations
  • University of California, Davis (US)
  • The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
Corresponding author
Sperandio, Vanessa
Venue
Nature
Published
2016-07-06
Volume
535
Issue
7610
Pages
85-93
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W2463118776
Cited by
1,420
References
144
Citations by year
2026: 97 · 2025: 148 · 2024: 189 · 2023: 151 · 2022: 163 · 2021: 190 · 2020: 141 · 2019: 119 · 2018: 122 · 2017: 84 · 2016: 14 · 2014: 1
FWCI
10.26
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (1zicai005135-05)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01AI053067, R01AI044170, AI044170, R21AI117940, AI 053067, AI05135, R01AI114511, AI114511, R21AI114922, AI096528, AI114922, AI117940, AI112445, R01AI105135, R01AI077613, AI077613, R37AI053067, R01AI096528, R01AI112445)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Endocrinology › Escherichia coli research studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
Keywords
gut microbiota, pathogenic bacteria, host-microbe interactions, antibiotic effects on microbiota, bacterial virulence, inflammation, bacterial respiration, metal acquisition, infection resistance
MeSH terms
Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Animals, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Bacteria, Bacterial Infections, Carbon, Humans, Inflammation, Intestinal Mucosa, Intestines, Nitrogen, Virulence, Signal Transduction, Microbial Interactions, Disease Resistance

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