Monday, September 21, 2015

Importance of Complex Microbial Communities Demonstrated in Mathematic Models of C. diff. Infections

A University of Michigan lab takes an integrated mathematical approach to understand the microbial community dynamics behind C. difficile infections. The team created a model to demonstrate that multiple coexisting populations, rather than one specific population of bacteria, conferred resistance to C. diff. infections. To read the full paper click here.

Additional commentary on this important paper may be read here:

http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2015/07/15/how-to-make-better-health-predictions-from-our-gut-microbes/
http://mbioblog.asm.org/mbiosphere/2015/07/whole-team-of-gut-bacteria-prevent-c-difficile-infections.html

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-07/asfm-mcg071015.php

http://www.microbeworld.org/podcasts/this-week-in-microbiology/archives/1962-twim-110-exploring-unseen-life-with-unpronounceable-words