mSystems (Oct 2021)

Periodically Disturbing the Spatial Structure of Biofilms Can Affect the Production of an Essential Virulence Factor in <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i>

  • Rebecca J. Quinn,
  • Ivana Barraza,
  • Laura García-Diéguez,
  • Camryn Pajon,
  • Lauren E. Krausfeldt,
  • Kerollos Ibrahim,
  • Laura A. Enzinna,
  • Morgan E. Thorn,
  • Omar Tonsi Eldakar,
  • Travis J. A. Craddock,
  • Robert P. Smith

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00961-21
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 5

Abstract

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Virulence factors are required to cause infections. Previous work has shown that the spatial organization of a population, such as a biofilm, can increase the production of some virulence factors, including pyoverdine, which is produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa