BiophysicsbioRxiv
Enchained growth and cluster dislocation: a possible mechanism for microbiota homeostasis
F. Bansept, K. Moor-Schumann, M. Diard…·C. Loverdo
The paper investigates how IgA antibodies affect bacterial growth and clustering in the gut, finding that faster replicating bacteria are more affected by IgA-mediated chain breaking.
DOI 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006986