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Secondary messenger signalling influences Pseudomonas aeruginosa adaptation to sinus and lung environments.
The ISME journal - 8 Jan 2024
Ruhluel Dilem, Fisher Lewis, Barton Thomas E, Leighton Hollie, Kumar Sumit, Amores Morillo Paula, O'Brien Siobhan, Fothergill Joanne L, Neill Daniel R
Abstract excerpt
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a cause of chronic respiratory tract infections in people with cystic fibrosis (CF), non-CF bronchiectasis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Prolonged infection allows the accumulation of mutations and horizontal gene transfer, increasing the likelihood of adaptive phenotypic traits. Adaptation is proposed to arise first in bacterial populations colonizing upper airway...
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