A Subset of Polysaccharide Capsules in the Human Symbiont Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron Promote Increased Competitive Fitness in the Mouse Gut

Cell Host and Microbe

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 494-506.e8

  Porter, Nathan T ^a   Canales, Pablo ^b   Peterson, Daniel A ^b   Martens, Eric C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteroides; capsular polysaccharide; diet; IgA; immune response; microbiome; microbiota

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE 5; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CAPSULE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL STRUCTURES; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; COMMENSAL; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SYMBIONT; WILD TYPE; AGE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; FECES; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GENETIC FITNESS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INTESTINES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 85030779236     PISSN: 19313128     EISSN: 19346069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2017.08.020     Document Type: Article

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