Absence of Membrane Phosphatidylcholine Does Not Affect Virulence and Stress Tolerance Phenotypes in the Opportunistic Pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Adel A. Malek; Matthew J. Wargo; Deborah A. Hogan

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030829

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Absence of Membrane Phosphatidylcholine Does Not Affect Virulence and Stress Tolerance Phenotypes in the Opportunistic Pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Adel A. Malek,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America
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Matthew J. Wargo,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America
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Deborah A. Hogan

* E-mail: dhogan@dartmouth.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America
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Absence of Membrane Phosphatidylcholine Does Not Affect Virulence and Stress Tolerance Phenotypes in the Opportunistic Pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Adel A. Malek,
Matthew J. Wargo,
Deborah A. Hogan

Published: February 17, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030829

About the Authors

Adel A. Malek

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Matthew J. Wargo

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Deborah A. Hogan

* E-mail: dhogan@dartmouth.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AAM MJW DAH. Performed the experiments: AAM MJW. Analyzed the data: AAM MJW DAH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AAM MJW DAH. Wrote the paper: AAM DAH.

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