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SUBMITTER: Martinez J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6372348 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 20181023 3
Transformation is one of the mechanisms of acquisition of foreign genetic material leading to the emergence of multidrug resistant (MDR) bacteria. Recently, human serum albumin (HSA) was shown to specifically increase transformation frequency in the nosocomial pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii. To further assess the relevance of HSA as a possible modulator of A. baumannii transformation in host-pathogen interactions, in this work we examined the effect of different human fluids. We observed a sig ...[more]