The Scientist, July 22nd, 2002
HOT PAPERS | Its complexity and size are reasons why the bacterium resists drugs and adapts so well | By Jim Kling
Pseudomonas aeruginosa gets around. The bacterium thrives in soil and marshes, on marine coasts, and in plant and animal tissues. Of particular interest is its occasional, but often devastating, inhabitation of the human environment. It is an important cause of bacteremia associated with burn wounds and with hospital-acquired pneumonia in patients on respirators. It is the microbe that most commonly infects the lungs of patients with cystic fibrosis.
Aside from its adaptability,...
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