Pseudomonas aeruginosa senses and responds to epithelial potassium flux via Kdp operon to promote biofilm

• Glenn J. Rapsinski,

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

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United State of America, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4545-966X

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• Lia A. Michaels,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

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• Madison Hill,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Kaitlin D. Yarrington,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

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• Allison L. Haas,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United State of America

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• Emily J. D’Amico,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United State of America

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• Catherine R. Armbruster,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United State of America

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• Anna Zemke,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Dominique Limoli,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

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• Jennifer M. Bomberger

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jbomb@dartmouth.edu

  Current Address: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United State of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4767-6238

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