Helping me, inhibiting you: Analysis of interactions between intestinal microbiota

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Source: Osaka Metropolitan University

Researchers have analyzed the interactions between two bacteria that make up intestinal microbiota. While Faecalibacterium prausnitzii inhibits the growth of Fusobacterium varium, F. varium promotes the growth of F. prausnitzii.

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