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Prebiotics, Probiotics, FMT / Manipulators of the Intestinal Microbiota

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Pathogenic Bacteria

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To date, approximately 1400 species of human pathogens have been identified, including viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and helminths. As the Earth Microbiome Project advances, this number is expected to raise dramatically.
Microbiology by numbers 2011 Nat Rev Microbiol 9: 628

These pathogens cause16 million deaths each year, and this situation is predicted to worsen in the future.
WHO Report to the Secretary-General of the United Nations 2019

Bacterial metabolism is crucial for both the [virulence](brain:/…

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Host proteasomal degradation generates amino acids essential for intracellular bacterial growth
Price et al. 2011 Science 334: 1553–1557
Modelling co-infection of the cystic ﬁbrosis lung by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Burkholderia cenocepacia reveals inﬂuences on bioﬁlm formation and host response
Bragonzi et al. 2012 PLoS One 7: e52330
No time to wait: securing the future from drug-resistant infections
WHO Report to the Secretary-General of the United Nations 2019
Phenotypic heterogeneity: a bacterial virulence strategy
Weigel & Dersch 2018 Microbes Infect 20: 570-577
Subversion of host genome integrity by bacterial pathogens
Chumduri et al. 2016 Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 17: 659-673
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Targeting the holy triangle of quorum sensing, bioﬁlm formation, and antibiotic resistance in pathogenic bacteria
Sionov & Steinberg 2022 Microorganisms 10: 1239
Review
Using Diverse Model Systems to Deﬁne Intestinal Epithelial Defenses to Enteric Viral Infections
Segrist & Cherry 2020 Cell Host & Microbe 27: 329-344
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