Evolutionary trade-offs associated with loss of PmrB function in host-adapted Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Mutations in gene pmrB are found in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from cystic fibrosis patients. Here, Bricio-Moreno et al. show in a mouse model of respiratory infection that the mutations enhance bacterial adherence to epithelial cells and resistance to lysozyme, but also increase antibiotic sus...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2018-07-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04996-x |