Oxygen as a Virulence Determinant in Polymicrobial Infections
Infections caused by multiple organisms, or polymicrobial infections, are likely more common than is broadly appreciated. Interaction among microbial communities (and with their host) can change the infection landscape by subverting immunity, providing nutrients and inhibiting competing microbes. St...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2016-08-01
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Series: | mBio |
Online Access: | http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/7/4/e01249-16 |