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Proposed scheme illustrating where, in the progression of colonization, several bacterial and host specificity determinants operate. The proposed timing and duration of each specificity determinant with respect to the stages of colonization are indicated by the placement of the shaded bars (dark gray, E. scolopes determinants; light gray, V. fischeri determinants).
