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Gut bugs team up to fight disease by eating invading bacteria’s lunch

Research into ‘colonisation resistance’ boosts efforts to harness microbes to improve general health
Studying the gut microbiome is becoming increasingly important as the rise in antibiotic resistance triggers a quest for alternative methods of treating and preventing bacterial diseases

Teams of bacteria in the gut help fight disease by eating the food that invading pathogens need to thrive, according to research that underscores the health benefits of fostering humans’ rich digestive ecology.

Intestinal bugs’ wide-ranging appetites have the secondary impact of starving incoming microbes that cause infections such as salmonella and pneumonia, says the paper published in Science on Thursday.

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