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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Elizabeth M. Selleck, Michael S. Gilmore
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016-08-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/7/4/e01249-16