Crossed Wires: Interspecies Interference Blocks Pathogen Colonization

Christopher A Lopez; Eric P Skaar

doi:10.1016/j.chom.2017.11.016

Crossed Wires: Interspecies Interference Blocks Pathogen Colonization

Cell Host Microbe. 2017 Dec 13;22(6):721-723. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2017.11.016.

Authors

Christopher A Lopez¹, Eric P Skaar²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
² Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 29241035
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2017.11.016

Abstract

Commensal bacteria protect against invading pathogens using many strategies. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Paharik et al. (2017) find that a commensal blocks Staphylococcus aureus colonization by producing a signal to shut down virulence.

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MeSH terms

Humans
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
Staphylococcus aureus*
Symbiosis
Virulence
Virulence Factors

Substances

Virulence Factors