来自Pseudomonas aeruginosa的pyocyanin的一个生物医学观点:它的应用和挑战

Samriti Balaji Mudaliar1, Alevoor Srinivas Bharath Prasad2

  • 1Department of Public Health & Genomics, Manipal School of Life Sciences (MSLS), Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, Karnataka, 576104, India.

概括

皮奥西亚宁是一种来自Pseudomonas aeruginosa的颜料,是关键的毒性因子. 本综述探讨了其在感染中的双重作用和作为生物治疗剂的潜力.

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