Genomic and functional characterization of a mucosal symbiont involved in early-stage colorectal cancer

This study provides fundamental insight into the microbial microenvironment of the pre-neoplastic polyp by highlighting strain-specific genomic and proteomic differences, as well as more broad compositional differences in the microbiome.PMID:34536346 | DOI:10.1016/j.chom.2021.08.013

Source: Cell Host and Microbe - September 18, 2021 Category: Microbiology Authors: Melissa C Kordahi Ian B Stanaway Marion Avril Denise Chac Marie-Pierre Blanc Benjamin Ross Christian Diener Sumita Jain Paul McCleary Ana Parker Vincent Friedman Jennifer Huang Wynn Burke Sean M Gibbons Amy D Willis Richard P Darveau William M Grady Cynth Source Type: research