Phenazine production promotes antibiotic tolerance and metabolic heterogeneity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms
oleh: Konstanze T. Schiessl, Fanghao Hu, Jeanyoung Jo, Sakila Z. Nazia, Bryan Wang, Alexa Price-Whelan, Wei Min, Lars E. P. Dietrich
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2019-02-01 |
Deskripsi
Pseudomonas aeruginosa releases redox-active metabolites called phenazines. Here, the authors use metabolic imaging by stimulated Raman scattering microscopy to show that phenazines antagonize the effects of antibiotics on P. aeruginosa biofilms by modulating bacterial metabolism.