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  1. Microbial Colonization - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics

    Microbial colonization refers to the establishment and growth of bacteria in a specific environment, such as the intestinal tract, where aerobic bacteria typically colonize before anaerobes due to the available …

  2. What Is Bacterial Colonization and How Does It Occur?

    Colonization involves the successful establishment and proliferation of a microbe population at a specific body site without provoking a significant immune response or causing tissue damage. The resident …

  3. Colonization in Microbiology: Key Concepts

    Jun 13, 2025 · A detailed examination of the key concepts and processes involved in microbial colonization, including its mechanisms and influencing factors

  4. Microbiota-mediated colonization resistance: mechanisms and

    Dec 20, 2022 · In this Review, Caballero-Flores, Pickard and Núñez explore how the microbiota limits colonization by pathogens and the strategies used by pathogens to counter colonization resistance.

  5. About Microbial Ecology | Antimicrobial Resistance | CDC

    Jun 2, 2025 · Colonization: When a germ or microbe is found on or in the body but does not cause symptoms or disease. Finding the microbe multiple times over time could represent persistent …

  6. Colonization - Ask Microbiology

    In microbiology, colonization refers to the successful establishment of microorganisms in a particular niche, such as mucosal surfaces, skin, or environmental substrates. It involves adhesion to surfaces, …

  7. What Is Bacterial Colonization and How Does It Occur?

    Aug 22, 2025 · Understand bacterial colonization: how microbes live on and within us, their crucial role in health, and when they pose a risk.

  8. Bacterial Colonization Definition - Microbiology Key Term | Fiveable

    Bacterial colonization refers to the process by which bacteria establish a stable and persistent presence within a specific environment, such as the human body. It involves the attachment, growth, and …

  9. Microbial Colonization - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics

    There are various ways in which fruits and vegetables might become colonized by microbial flora which could cause postharvest spoilage. Perhaps the most common route is the field’s colonization by soil …

  10. Colonisation (biology) - Wikipedia

    Colonisation or colonization is the spread and development of an organism in a new locality or habitat. Colonization comprises the physical arrival of a species in a new area, but also its successful …