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Summary Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus are two of the most prevalent respiratory pathogens in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. Both organisms often cause chronic and recalcitrant infections, in large part due to their ability to form biofilms, being these mixed-species infections correlated with poor clinical outcomes. In this study,  the hypothesis that S. aureus adopts phenotypes allowing its coexistence with P. aeruginosa during biofilm growth was put forward. We noticed that S. aureus undergoes a viable but non-cultivable (VBNC) state in the dominated P. aeruginosa dual- ...

• Keywords:   Pseudomonas aeruginosa Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Interspecies interaction Viable but non-culturable cells Cystic fibrosis

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