<i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> Activates Quorum Sensing, Antioxidant Enzymes and Type VI Secretion in Response to Oxidative Stress to Initiate Biofilm Formation and Wound Chronicity

• Main Authors: Jane H. Kim (Author), Julianna Dong (Author), Brandon H. Le (Author), Zachery R. Lonergan (Author), Weifeng Gu (Author), Thomas Girke (Author), Wei Zhang (Author), Dianne K. Newman (Author), Manuela Martins-Green (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> (<i>PA</i>) is an opportunistic pathogen frequently isolated from cutaneous chronic wounds. How <i>PA</i>, in the presence of oxidative stress (OS), colonizes chronic wounds and forms a biofilm is still unknown. The purpose of this st...