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TWiM #163: Saliva and sptR/S
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Length:
66 minutes
Released:
Nov 2, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
This episode is all about saliva: how certain bacteria survive in it, and how swallowing saliva might cause intestinal inflammation. Links for this episode: Genes for the Streptococcus pyogenes fitness in human saliva (mSphere) Swallowed bacteria drive colonic inflammation (Science) Intestinal inflammation induced by oral bacteria (Science) Human oral microbiome (J Bact) T cell subsets (Nat Rev Imm) Image credit
Released:
Nov 2, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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