Pseudomonas aeruginosa tssC1 links type VI secretion and biofilm-specific antibiotic resistance.

J Bacteriol

Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Room 4125, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1H 8M5.

Published: October 2011

Biofilm-specific antibiotic resistance is influenced by multiple factors. We demonstrated that Pseudomonas aeruginosa tssC1, a gene implicated in type VI secretion (T6S), is important for resistance of biofilms to a subset of antibiotics. We showed that tssC1 expression is induced in biofilms and confirmed that tssC1 is required for T6S.

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