Won't you be my neighbor? The importance of biogeography and nutrient niches in the gut.
Won't you be my neighbor? The importance of biogeography and nutrient niches in the gut.
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你不愿意做我的邻居吗?
DOI:
10.1016/j.chom.2022.05.009
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发表时间:
2022
影响因子:
30.3
通讯作者:
Zackular,JosephP
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作者:
Abbas,Arwa;Zackular,JosephP
Changes in the microbiota composition are associated with many human diseases, but factors that govern strain abundance remain poorly defined. We show that a commensalEscherichia colistrain and a pathogenicSalmonella entericaserovar Typhimurium isolate both utilize nitrate for intestinal growth, but each accesses this resource in a distinct biogeographical niche. CommensalE. coliutilizes epithelial-derived nitrate, whereas nitrate in the niche occupied byS.Typhimurium is derived from phagocytic infiltrates. Surprisingly, avirulentS.Typhimurium was shown to be unable to utilize epithelial-derived nitrate because its chemotaxis receptors McpB and McpC exclude the pathogen from the niche occupied byE. coli. In contrast,E. coliinvades the niche constructed byS.Typhimurium virulence factors and confers colonization resistance by competing for nitrate. Thus, nutrient niches are not defined solely by critical resources, but they can be further subdivided biogeographically within the host into distinct microhabitats, thereby generating new niche opportunities for distinct bacterial species.