Summary
PROJECT SUMMARY – PROJECT 7 (ALAM) Campylobacter jejuni is the primary pathogen responsible for bacterial gastrointestinal infections worldwide and is the leading cause of enteric inflammation in the United States, which can further lead to late-onset diseases such as Guillain Barré Syndrome, colorectal cancers, IBD, and IBS. Importantly, C. jejuni has been designated as a serious antibiotic resistance threat by both WHO and CDC. The numerically vast and taxonomically diverse gut microbial communities affect the health and bacterial infection in the intestine. We and others have shown that the
