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Environmental reservoirs for exoS+ and exoU+ strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Environmental microbiology reports - 1 Aug 2018
Rutherford Victoria, Yom Kelly, Ozer Egon A, Pura Olivia, Hughes Ami, Murphy Katherine R, Cudzilo Laura, Mitchell David, Hauser Alan R
Abstract excerpt
Pseudomonas aeruginosa uses its type III secretion system to inject the effector proteins ExoS and ExoU into eukaryotic cells, which subverts these cells to the bacterium's advantage and contributes to severe infections. We studied the environmental reservoirs of exoS+ and exoU+ strains of P. aeruginosa by collecting water, soil, moist substrates and plant samples from environments in the Chicago region and...
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