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. 2017 Dec 13;22(6):721-723.
doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2017.11.016.

Crossed Wires: Interspecies Interference Blocks Pathogen Colonization

Christopher A Lopez  1 , Eric P Skaar  2
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Crossed Wires: Interspecies Interference Blocks Pathogen Colonization

Christopher A Lopez et al. Cell Host Microbe. .
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Commensal bacteria protect against invading pathogens using many strategies. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Paharik et al. (2017) find that a commensal blocks Staphylococcus aureus colonization by producing a signal to shut down virulence.

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