Open AccessGut microbiota-mediated protection against diarrheal infections
Author(s) -
Stefanie Vogt,
B. Brett Finlay
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of travel medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1708-8305
pISSN - 1195-1982
DOI - 10.1093/jtm/taw086
Subject(s) - colonisation resistance , salmonella enterica , gut flora , microbiology and biotechnology , colonization , clostridium difficile , diarrhea , microbiome , pathogen , biology , antibiotics , immunity , antibiotic resistance , medicine , salmonella , immunology , immune system , bacteria , bioinformatics , genetics
The mammalian gut microbiota is a highly abundant and diverse microbial community that resides in the gastrointestinal tract. One major benefit that the gut microbiota provides to its host is colonization resistance-the ability to prevent colonization by foreign microbes, including diarrheal pathogens such as Clostridium difficile , Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium and diarrheagenic Escherichia coli .
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