> *The researchers then checked snot from hospitalized patients. Of 187 samples,...

JumpCrisscross on July 28, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Nasal Bacteria Pump Out a Potential New Antibiotic...

> The researchers then checked snot from hospitalized patients. Of 187 samples, all but one were colonized by either S. aureus or S. lugdunensis, but not both. The researchers think where one species grows, the other can’t.

How does S. aureus prevent S. lugdunesis from invading?

ajuc on July 28, 2016 [–]

Maybe lugdunesis is killed by some antibiotics that aureus is resistant to?