title: Fecal transplantation does not transfer either susceptibility or resistance to food borne listeriosis in C57BL/6 and BALB/c/By mice.
abstract: The composition of the intestinal microbiota has wide reaching effects on the health of an individual, including the development of protective innate immune responses.  In this report, a fecal transplantation approach was used to determine whether resistance to food borne listeriosis was dependent on the murine gut microbiota.  Transplantation of BALB/c/By feces did not increase the susceptibility of C57BL/6 mice to Listeria monocytogenes infection.   Likewise, transplantation of C57BL/6 fecal matter did not enhance the resistance of BALB/c/By mice.  Thus, intestinal microbiota composition is not a key factor that confers either susceptibility or resistance to food borne listeriosis in mice.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
authors.forename: Tanya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Myers-Morales
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
authors.forename: Kate M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Bussell
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
authors.forename: Sarah Ef
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: D'Orazio