Pseudomonas aeruginosa

M Whiteley1, M G Bangera, R E Bumgarner

  • 1Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA.

Nature
|October 26, 2001
PubMed
まとめ

Pseudomonas aeruginosaのバイオフィルムは,自由な細胞と比較して最小限の遺伝子発現変化を示しているが,独特な抗生物質耐性メカニズムを持っています. これらの違いを理解することは,持続的な細菌感染症と闘うための鍵です.

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