Enchained growth and cluster dislocation: a possible mechanism for microbiota homeostasis
F. Bansept, K. Moor-Schumann, M. Diard, W.-D. Hardt, E. Wetter Slack, C. Loverdo
The paper investigates how IgA antibodies affect bacterial growth and clustering in the gut, finding that faster replicating bacteria are more affected by IgA-mediated chain breaking.
bioRxiv · Mar 21, 2019Biophysics