Genome-wide identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence-related genes using a Caenorhabditis elegans infection model.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain PA14 is an opportunistic human pathogen capable of infecting a wide range of organisms including the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. We used a non-redundant transposon mutant library consisting of 5,850 clones corresponding to 75% of the total and approximately 80% of...

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Main Authors: Rhonda L Feinbaum, Jonathan M Urbach, Nicole T Liberati, Slavica Djonovic, Allison Adonizio, Anne-Ruxandra Carvunis, Frederick M Ausubel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3406104?pdf=render