title: Caenorhabditis elegans reveals novel Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence mechanism.
abstract: The susceptibility of Caenorhabditis elegans to different virulent phenotypes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa makes the worms an excellent model for studying host-pathogen interactions. Including the recently described liquid killing, five different killing assays are now available offering superb possibilities for performing high-throughput screens for novel antibiotics using a whole-body infection system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, University of Groningen, Groningen 9713AV, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Putri Dwi
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Utari
authors.forename: Wim J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Quax
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000382:microbiology*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D016019:Survival Analysis