<named-content content-type="genus-species">Corynebacterium accolens</named-content> Releases Antipneumococcal Free Fatty Acids from Human Nostril and Skin Surface Triacylglycerols

ABSTRACT Bacterial interspecies interactions play clinically important roles in shaping microbial community composition. We observed that Corynebacterium spp. are overrepresented in children free of Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus), a common pediatric nasal colonizer and an important infectio...

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Main Authors: Lindsey Bomar, Silvio D. Brugger, Brian H. Yost, Sean S. Davies, Katherine P. Lemon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016-03-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01725-15