Mucin acts as a nutrient source and a signal for the differential expression of genes coding for cellular processes and virulence factors in Acinetobacter baumannii

• Emily J. Ohneck,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, OH, United States of America

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• Brock A. Arivett,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Biology Department, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, OH, United States of America

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• Steven E. Fiester,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, Greenville, SC, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, OH, United States of America

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• Cecily R. Wood,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, OH, United States of America

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• Maeva L. Metz,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, OH, United States of America

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• Gabriella M. Simeone,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, OH, United States of America

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• Luis A. Actis

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: actisla@MiamiOH.edu

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, OH, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9644-9088

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