Colonization resistance is dispensable for segregation of oral and gut microbiota.
Armin RashidiMotoko KoyamaNeelendu DeyJeffrey S McLeanGeoffrey R HillPublished in: BMC medical genomics (2023)
Colonization resistance is dispensable for segregation of oral and colonic microbiota in humans. This finding implies that the presence of oral bacteria in the distal gut in diseases such as colon cancer and inflammatory bowel disease is not driven by impaired colonization resistance.
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