Host-Microbe Interactions: Winning the Colonization Lottery.
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Stochastic bottlenecks during bacterial colonization of animal hosts lead to reduced genetic diversity in the resulting microbiota and, at low-inoculation doses, can result in hosts that remain uncolonized. Bacterial strains vary in their colonization efficiency and resistance to displacement.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Current biology : CB
دوره 27 13 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017