Insights into Microbe-Microbe Interactions in Human Microbial Ecosystems: Strategies to be Competitive

• Main Author: Clara G. de los Reyes-Gavilan (auth)
• Other Authors: Nuria Salazar (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Microbiology (non-medical); bacterial-pathogen infection; Quorum Sensing; Bifidobacterium; Short Chain Fatty Acids; Biofilm; gnotobiotic mice; breast milk; human microbiota; Bacteroides
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

All parts of our body having communication with the external environment such as the skin, vagina, the respiratory tract or the gastrointestinal tract are colonized by a specific microbial community. The colon is by far the most densely populated organ in the human body. The pool of microbes inhabit...