Fig 2.

D. incerta exhibits colonization resistance against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. (A) Experimental design of in vivo murine colonization experiments. Mice were shaved and colonized with D. incerta for 2 days or MRSA for 1 day in a precolonization or decolonization model. Three 6-mm punch biopsies were collected from the mouse dorsal surface, and the MRSA bacterial load was measured via MRSA-selective CHROMagar. (B) MRSA bacterial burden after D. incerta precolonization. (C) MRSA bacterial burden after D. incerta decolonization. t-test, ^*P < 0.05.