Research Interests: Cristel Archambaud

Effect of commensals and probiotics on the enteropathogenicity of the model microorganism Listeria monocytogenes

Commensals are now known to have a critical impact on intestinal physiology while enteropathogens induce an alteration of the gut homeostasis that might be modulated by commensals and prevented by probiotics. We use L. monocytogenes as a powerful model for dissecting the crosstalks between an enteropathogen, the commensal flora, candidate probiotics and the host intestinal tissue.