Bacteria rely on classic business model
Thursday, December 20, 2018 - 13:21
in Biology & Nature
The pneumonia causing pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa has developed a twin-track strategy to colonize its host. It generates two different cells -- motile spreaders and virulent stickers. Researchers have now elucidated how the germ attaches to tissue within seconds and consecutively spreads. Just like the business model: settling -- growing -- expanding.