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Identification of PilD mutants reveals the iterative social evolution in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 22 Oct 2025
Qiu Huifang, Zhou Xiaoqing, Dai Weijun
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Bacterial pathogenicity is influenced by the genetic mutations that arise within the population, among which quorum-sensing (QS) is one of the key targets. Recent studies have reported that mutations in the global transcriptional regulator gene mexT can revert QS activity in QS-inactive LasR mutants, thereby transforming the LasR cheater mutants deficient in public goods production into cooperators. However, the...
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