Anaerobic Biofilm Infections in Cystic Fibrosis

• Autores: J.William Costerton
• Localización: Molecular cell, ISSN 1097-2765, Nº 10, 2002, pág. 699
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important pathogen that infects the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients. A paper published in the October issue of Developmental Cell (Yoon et al. 2002) proves that the bacterial cells in the lung live in anaerobic biofilms and adopt a metabolic pattern and a phenotype that differ significantly from those of test tube-grown cells, and even from those of aerobic biofilms.