过度皮质,而不是皮质收缩的丧失,降低了Pseudomonas aeruginosa的病原性

Sara L N Kilmury1, Katherine J Graham1, Ryan P Lamers1

  • 1Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences and the Michael G DGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Microbiology spectrum
|February 25, 2025
PubMed
概括

过度的类型IVa pili (T4aP) 在Pseudomonas aeruginosa降低了细菌的毒性,独立于抽的运动性. 这表明,过多的皮利可能会在物理上阻碍毒性因子的传递,从而提供新的治疗点.