The type III secretion system facilitates systemic infections of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the clinic
ABSTRACT Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a major opportunistic pathogen that can cause severe systemic infections. Here, we found that the type III secretion system effector ExoU was the main determinant of pathogenicity of a highly virulent clinical isolate strain, BSI_S5, of P. aeruginosa, which caused...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2024-01-01
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Series: | Microbiology Spectrum |
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Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02224-23 |