Fitness advantage of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron capsular polysaccharide in the mouse gut depends on the resident microbiota
Many microbiota-based therapeutics rely on our ability to introduce a microbe of choice into an already-colonized intestine. In this study, we used genetically barcoded Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (B. theta) strains to quantify population bottlenecks experienced by a B. theta population during colo...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2023-02-01
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Series: | eLife |
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Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/81212 |