Positive signature-tagged mutagenesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: tracking patho-adaptive mutations promoting airways chronic infection.

The opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa can establish life-long chronic infections in the airways of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. Persistent lifestyle is established with P. aeruginosa patho-adaptive variants, which are clonal with the initially-acquired strains. Several reports indicate...

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Main Authors: Irene Bianconi, Andrea Milani, Cristina Cigana, Moira Paroni, Roger C Levesque, Giovanni Bertoni, Alessandra Bragonzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-02-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3033382?pdf=render