Pathogen elimination by probiotic Bacillus via signalling interference

Nature

Volumn 562, Issue 7728, 2018, Pages 532-537

  Piewngam, Pipat ^a,b   Zheng, Yue ^a   Nguyen, Thuan H ^a   Dickey, Seth W ^a   Joo, Hwang Soo ^a,d   Villaruz, Amer E ^a   Glose, Kyle A ^a   Fisher, Emilie L ^a   Hunt, Rachelle L ^a   Li, Barry ^a   Chiou, Janice ^a   Pharkjaksu, Sujiraphong ^b   Khongthong, Sunisa ^c   Cheung, Gordon Y C ^a   Kiratisin, Pattarachai ^b   Otto, Michael ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c RAJAMANGALA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SRIVIJAYA   (Thailand)

^d Duksung Women's University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENGYCIN; LIPOPEPTIDE; NATURAL PRODUCT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; COLONIZATION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; NUTRITION; PATHOGEN; POPULATION DENSITY; PROBIOTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFECTIOUS AGENT; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; RURAL POPULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; THAILAND; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; FEMALE; LIPOPEPTIDES; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PROBIOTICS; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THAILAND;

EID: 85055195582     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0616-y     Document Type: Article

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