title: Germs gone wild.
abstract: The normally harmless behavior of bacteria in the intestinal tract is maintained by community structure and the integrity of host defenses. When either or both of these are compromised, a few disgruntled outcasts can cause a riot, taking down the whole neighborhood (pages 799-806).
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Yale University Medical School, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: Namiko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hoshi
authors.forename: Ruslan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Medzhitov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects*; D058847:Inflammasomes / Q000502:physiology*; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology*; D054892:Metagenome / Q000187:drug effects*; D051616:Neuronal Apoptosis-Inhibitory Protein / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D058847:Inflammasomes; C512299:Ipaf protein, mouse; C496806:Naip5 protein, mouse; D051616:Neuronal Apoptosis-Inhibitory Protein