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mSphere of Influence: Is asymptomatic colonization really silent?

  • Brady L. Spencer1
  1. 1Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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Abstract

Brady Spencer is a bacteriologist studying host–pathogen–microbiota interactions. In this mSphere of Influence article, she reflects on how two studies from Scott Hultgren’s laboratory on mucosal imprinting following Escherichia coli bladder infection (V. P. O'Brien, T. J. Hannan, L. Yu, J. Livny, et al., Nat Microbiol 2:16196, 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.196; S. K. Russell, J. K. Harrison, B. S. Olson, H. J. Lee, et al., Nat Microbiol 8:875–888, 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41564-023-01346-6) and work by J. C. Whitney, S. B. Peterson, J. Kim, M. Pazos, et al., eLife 6:e26938, 2017, https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.26938) on T7SSb-mediated interbacterial antagonism shaped her approach to studying group B Streptococcus colonization and its potential long-term consequences at mucosal surfaces.

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@article{spencer2026msphere,
  title = {{mSphere of Influence: Is asymptomatic colonization really silent?}},
  author = {Brady L. Spencer},
  journal = {mSphere},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.1128/msphere.00250-26},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1128/msphere.00250-26},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
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TY  - JOUR
TI  - mSphere of Influence: Is asymptomatic colonization really silent?
AU  - Brady L. Spencer
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/07
JO  - mSphere
DO  - 10.1128/msphere.00250-26
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1128/msphere.00250-26
AB  - Brady Spencer is a bacteriologist studying host–pathogen–microbiota interactions. In this mSphere of Influence article, she reflects on how two studies from Scott Hultgren’s laboratory on mucosal imprinting following Escherichia coli bladder infection (V. P. O'Brien, T. J. Hannan, L. Yu, J. Livny, et al., Nat Microbiol 2:16196, 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.196; S. K. Russell, J. K. Harrison, B. S. Olson, H. J. Lee, et al., Nat Microbiol 8:875–888, 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41564-023-01346-6) and work by J. C. Whitney, S. B. Peterson, J. Kim, M. Pazos, et al., eLife 6:e26938, 2017, https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.26938) on T7SSb-mediated interbacterial antagonism shaped her approach to studying group B Streptococcus colonization and its potential long-term consequences at mucosal surfaces.
SN  - 2379-5042
ER  -