通过Pilus与Lactobacillus crispatus进行联合聚合,通过干扰微殖民地形成,增加了脑膜炎球菌对抗菌剂的敏感性

Kenny Lidberg1, Sarah Pilheden1, Samuddi Nawarathne1

  • 1Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SE-10691, Sweden.

BMC microbiology
|July 30, 2025
PubMed
概括

乳酸菌结合于Neisseria meningitidis pili,破坏细菌微殖民地并增加对抗菌素的敏感性. 这种相互作用表明,L. crispatus在对脑膜炎球菌感染的宿主防御中起着有益的作用.

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