Inhibition of Quorum Sensing-Controlled Virulence Factors and Biofilm Formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Culture Extract from Novel Bacterial Species of Paenibacillus Using a Rat Model of Chronic Lung Infection

Figure 3

Microscopic evidence of representative biofilms of P. aeruginosa occupying alveolar spaces in different locations showing the pathogenic bacteria interconnected in a network-like structure of alginate (high magnification 100x); (a), (b) tissue sections stained with H&E stain; (c), (d) tissue sections stained with PAS stain.

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