MicrobiologybioRxiv
When is a bacterial "virulence factor" really virulent?
Elisa T Granato, Freya Harrison, Rolf Kümmerli, Adin Ross-Gillespie
This study uses meta-analysis to assess the role of pyoverdine, a virulence factor in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, across different infection models, finding its effect varies significantly and is rarely essential for infections.
DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01952