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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… Click to show full abstract
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.
Keywords:
colonization lottery;
microbe interactions;
colonization;
host microbe;
interactions winning;
winning colonization
Journal Title: Current Biology
Year Published: 2017
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Journal Title: Current Biology
Year Published: 2017
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