image: A poliovirus particle (blue) "rides" a bacterium (dark green), enabling interaction with the host cell poliovirus receptor (light green) on the intestinal epithelium (purple). Bacterial surface polysaccharides (orange and magenta) act as reins. This image relates to the paper by Dr. Kuss and colleagues. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the Oct. 14, 2011, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Dr. Sharon Kuss of University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, and colleagues, was titled, "Intestinal Microbiota Promote Enteric Virus Replication and Systemic Pathogenesis." view more
Credit: Drawing by Sharon K. Kuss