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    Bacteroides fragilis toxin expression enables lamina propria niche acquisition in the develo** mouse gut

    Bacterial toxins are well-studied virulence factors; however, recent studies have revealed their importance in bacterial niche adaptation. Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis (ETBF) expresses B. fragilis toxin (...

    Craig A. Hill, Benjamin W. Casterline, Ezequiel Valguarnera in Nature Microbiology (2024)

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    An exclusive metabolic niche enables strain engraftment in the gut microbiota

    The dense microbial ecosystem in the gut is intimately connected to numerous facets of human biology, and manipulation of the gut microbiota has broad implications for human health. In the absence of profound ...

    Elizabeth Stanley Shepherd, William C. DeLoache, Kali M. Pruss in Nature (2018)