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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 18.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Dermatol. 2008 Mar;158(3):442–455. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.08437.x

Fig 5.

Fig 5

Pseudomonas aeruginosa fights fungal infections. It produces compounds such as pyocyanin, pyrrolnitrin and 1-hydroxyphenazine which kill and inhibit fungal growth. Pseudomonas aeruginosa also prevents the morphological transition of fungi from yeast-form cells to virulent filamentous cells. Filamentation of Candida albicans is associated with pathogenesis, adhesion, invasion and virulence-related products. Pseudomonas aeruginosa interacts with the host creating an environment inhospitable to fungi.