title: Veggies and Intact Grains a Day Keep the Pathogens Away.
abstract: In this issue of Cell, Desai et al. compare how dietary fiber affects the gut microbiota and susceptibility to disease. They find that a fiber-free diet promotes mucus-degrading bacteria and susceptibility to Citrobacter rodentium infection.
authors.affiliation: Division of Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Francesca S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Gazzaniga
authors.affiliation: Division of Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: dennis_kasper@hms.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Dennis L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Kasper
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria; D044082:Citrobacter rodentium; D004032:Diet; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans