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Abstract
In this issue of Journal of Bacteriology, Price et al. show that the Pseudomonas aeruginosa-produced exopolysaccharide alginate protects Staphylococcus aureus by dampening the expression of P. aeruginosa virulence products that usually inhibit S. aureus respiration and cell membrane integrity when the two organisms compete in other environments (C. E. Price, D. G. Brown, D. H. Limoli, V. V. Phelan, and G. A. O'Toole, J Bacteriol 202:e00559-19, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.00559-19). This is the first report that exogenously added alginate affects P. aeruginosa competition and provides a partial explanation for S. aureus and P. aeruginosa coinfections in cystic fibrosis.Entities:
Keywords: Pseudomonas aeruginosazzm321990; Staphylococcus aureuszzm321990; coinfection; cystic fibrosis
Year: 2020 PMID: 32015142 PMCID: PMC7099132 DOI: 10.1128/JB.00040-20
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490