Colonization resistance against Clostridioides difficile is a graded, microbiota-intrinsic property of healthy human gut communities
Gurjit Singh Sidhu, Daniel Tomás Marquina, Tara Share, Joan A. Whitlock, Jennifer Gollwitzer, Ajisha Alwin, Tajera Henry, James Martin, Gary P. Wang
The paper assesses colonization resistance against C. difficile in human gut microbiota by testing donor stool in mice, finding a graded resistance spectrum rather than a binary trait.
ISME Host Microbe · Jan 1, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology