The Innate Immune Protein Calprotectin Interacts With and Encases Biofilm Communities of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus

Calprotectin is a transition metal chelating protein of the innate immune response known to exert nutritional immunity upon microbial infection. It is abundantly released during inflammation and is therefore found at sites occupied by pathogens such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureu...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Main Authors:	Jiwasmika Baishya, Jake A. Everett, Walter J. Chazin, Kendra P. Rumbaugh, Catherine A. Wakeman
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-01
Subjects:	calprotectin Pseudomonas aeruginosa Staphylococcus aureus biofilm architecture extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) nutritional immunity
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2022.898796/full