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347: At Wound's Edge

347: At Wound's Edge

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TWiM explains how S. aureus pathogenicity is a dynamic, niche-specific choreography that constantly recalibrates in response to the host microenvironment, and short chain fatty acids produced by commensal microbiota reduces its competitive fitness.

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Links for this episode:

  • Niche-specific fitness of S. aureus at the wound edge (Nat Comm)

  • Commensal derived short chain fatty acids attenuate S. aureus (mBio)

  • Ditch the term pathogen (Nature)

Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.

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