Acidification-dependent suppression of C. difficile by pathogenic and commensal enterococci
H. R. Neubauer, I. M. Ogunyemi, A. K. Wood, A. Johnson, A. Z. Stern, Z. Sikander, L.-H. Gutierrez, A. A. Agosto, P. T. McKenney
This study shows VRE suppresses C. difficile growth via acid production in vitro, but dietary fructose does not lower pH or prevent C. difficile colonization in VRE-colonized mice.
bioRxiv · May 16, 2023Microbiology