Hughes Elizabeth R, Winter Sebastian E
Department of Microbiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
Department of Microbiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
Cell Host Microbe. 2016 Oct 12;20(4):411-412. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2016.09.018.
Many infectious diseases involve polymicrobial infections, which are characterized by synergistic interactions between different microorganisms colonizing a host. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Keogh et al. (2016) show that Enterococcus faecalis promotes Escherichia coli biofilm formation in low-iron conditions, thus facilitating polymicrobial growth.
许多传染病涉及多种微生物感染,其特征是定殖于宿主的不同微生物之间存在协同相互作用。在本期《细胞宿主与微生物》中,基奥等人(2016年)表明,粪肠球菌在低铁条件下促进大肠杆菌生物膜形成,从而促进多种微生物生长。