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Host Adaptation Predisposes Pseudomonas aeruginosa to Type VI Secretion System-Mediated Predation by the Burkholderia cepacia Complex.
Cell host & microbe - 7 Oct 2020
Perault Andrew I, Chandler Courtney E, Rasko David A, Ernst Robert K, Wolfgang Matthew C, Cotter Peggy A
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) species are opportunistic lung pathogens of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. While P. aeruginosa can initiate long-term infections in younger CF patients, Bcc infections only arise in teenagers and adults. Both P. aeruginosa and Bcc use type VI secretion systems (T6SSs) to mediate interbacterial competition. Here, we show P. aeruginosa isolates from...
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