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Bacteroides-driven metabolic remodelling suppresses Clostridioides difficile toxin expression in mixed biofilm communities
Kavana Kalea Bywater-Brenna, Simran Kaur Aulakh, Kiran Raosaheb Patil…·Meera Unnikrishnan
This study shows Bacteroides species inhibit C. difficile toxin production through cross-feeding proline in mixed biofilms, revealing a mechanism for microbiota-mediated control of CDI.
DOI 10.1101/2025.09.03.674004