Bacteria rely on classic business model

(University of Basel) 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 at the University of Basel's Biozentrum have now elucidated how the germ attaches to tissue within seconds and consecutively spreads. Just like the business model: settling -- growing -- expanding.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news