Impact of host gut microbiome on pathogen colonization

• Main Author: Low, Wai Leong
• Other Authors: Yang Liang
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Microbiology::Bacteria
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/63612
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The human gastrointestinal tract is colonized by at least 400 different microbial species, known as the gut microbiota, which play vital roles in our health. Most importantly, they are able to confer protection against intestinal diseases by limiting the colonization of exogenous pathogens in the gu...