Resource-access breadth marks protective strains against toxigenic Clostridioides difficile
Vishwas Mishra, Jonathan Kevin Sia, Chloe Lindberg, Sneh Sharma, Michelle Wu, Ana Djuković, Heesoo Jeong, Mini Kamboj, Qiwen Dong, João B. Xavier
The paper identifies resource-access breadth as a protective trait in non-toxigenic Clostridioides difficile strains, distinguishing protection from low disease potential through metabolic and competitive profiling.
bioRxiv · Oct 3, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology