Of Microbes and Men. War and Peace on the Mucosal Surfaces

• Main Author: Philippe Sansonetti (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Collège de France 2013
• Subjects: molecular genetics; genetics; infectious diseases; microbiology; medicine
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Our bodies contain ten times more bacteria than cells and their activity is essential for our organisms. A true symbiosis exists between humans and microbes, the complex mechanisms of which can only be decoded using molecular genetics. However these bacteria can also cause infectious and parasitic d...