The nutritional environment is sufficient to select coexisting biofilm and quorum-sensing mutants of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
M. R. Scribner, A. C. Stephens, J. L. Huong, A. R. Richardson, V. S. Cooper
This study shows that nutrient conditions and biofilm selection alone can drive the evolution of Pseudomonas aeruginosa mutants with clinical phenotypes like increased biofilm and altered quorum sensing.
bioRxiv · Sep 1, 2021Microbiology