Microbial protection and virulence in periodontal tissue as a function of polymicrobial communities: symbiosis and dysbiosis

FA Roberts, RP Darveau - Periodontology 2000, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
… The analysis of polymicrobial communities is severely … the bacterial members of polymicrobial
communities. Employment of … the microbial diversity found in polymicrobial communities, …

Microbial herd protection mediated by antagonistic interaction in polymicrobial communities

MJQ Wong, X Liang, M Smart, L Tang… - Applied and …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
… intraspecies protection, toxic T6SS effectors confer protection by … of microbial community
structures, which confer herd protection … single cells are rapidly eliminated from the community). …

Polymicrobial–host interactions during infection

WH Tay, KKL Chong, KA Kline - Journal of molecular biology, 2016 - Elsevier
microbes into the urinary tract prior to urinary tract infection (UTI), or they persist as a polymicrobial
community as … encases the entire community, protecting the microbial organisms from …

Effects of polymicrobial communities on host immunity and response

X Lu, Z Kurago, KA Brogden - FEMS microbiology letters, 2006 - academic.oup.com
… These microbial communities, containing both commensals … microbial communities and the
interactions these microbial … could potentially interfere with protective responses to pathogens…

Polymicrobial communities in periodontal disease: Their quasi‐organismal nature and dialogue with the host

G Hajishengallis, RJ Lamont - Periodontology 2000, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… that, unlike classic infections of single microbial etiology (eg, … by polymicrobial communities
of indigenous microbes acting in … , 11 a location that will protect them from the action of many …

Oral polymicrobial communities: Assembly, function, and impact on diseases

G Hajishengallis, RJ Lamont, H Koo - Cell host & microbe, 2023 - cell.com
… , where the microbial community is more … protection and creates a highly acidic
microenvironment, leading to the localized onset of dental caries. Precise positioning and …

[HTML][HTML] Pseudomonas aeruginosa behaviour in polymicrobial communities: the competitive and cooperative interactions conducting to the exacerbation of infections

FA Al-Wrafy, R Alariqi, EA Noman, AA Al-Gheethi… - Microbiological …, 2023 - Elsevier
polymicrobial community can be led to upregulation or downregulation of gene expression of
one or both microbes, and stimulation or inhibition of microbial … in microbes protecting each …

Interaction networks, ecological stability, and collective antibiotic tolerance in polymicrobial infections

MGJ de Vos, M Zagorski, A McNally… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
polymicrobial infections can be viewed as small microbial ecosystems. Do bacteria in these
communities … We found that isolates from the same community tend to protect each other …

Human polymicrobial infections

KA Brogden, JM Guthmiller, CE Taylor - The Lancet, 2005 - thelancet.com
… pneumoniae carriage to protect against Staphylococcus aureus carriage… community is
recognising the significance of polymicrobial diseases and the major types of microbial community

One versus many: Polymicrobial communities and the cystic fibrosis airway

F Jean-Pierre, A Vyas, TH Hampton, MA Henson… - MBio, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
… a model community to study in the context of polymicrobial infections existing in the CF
airway? With the multiple lines of evidence pointing at the heterogeneous microbial communities