A commensal streptococcus hijacks a Pseudomonas aeruginosa exopolysaccharide to promote biofilm formation

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Scoffield, Jessica A ^a   Duan, Dingyu ^a,b   Zhu, Fan ^a,c   Wu, Hui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ALGINIC ACID; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN BAPA1; PROTEIN FAP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE, PSEUDOMONAS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOFILM; CELL VIABILITY; COCULTURE; COMMENSAL; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PARASANGUINIS; ANIMAL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SYMBIOSIS;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HUMANS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 85018269010     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006300     Document Type: Article

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