Pseudomonas aeruginosa,

Shane T Flickinger1, Matthew F Copeland, Eric M Downes

  • 1Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States.

まとめ

この研究は,Pseudomonas aeruginosaのバイオフィルムが,表面上の近くの細胞コミュニティの成長を促す化学信号 (ホモセリン・ラクトン) を生成することを示しています. これらの信号は成長に影響しますが,バイオフィルム構造には影響しません.

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