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Pyocycanin, a Contributory Factor in Haem Acquisition and Virulence Enhancement of Porphyromonas gingivalis in the Lung

Several recent studies show that the lungs infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa are often co-colonised by oral bacteria including black-pigmenting anaerobic (BPA) Porphyromonas species. The BPAs have an absolute haem requirement and their presence in the infected lung indicates that sufficient haem,...

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Autores principales: Benedyk, Malgorzata, Byrne, Dominic P., Glowczyk, Izabela, Potempa, Jan, Olczak, Mariusz, Olczak, Teresa, Smalley, John W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4338185/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25706529
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118319