TY - CHAP AU - Orji Frank Anayo AU - Ezeanyanso Chika Scholastica AU - Onyemali Chidi Peter AU - Ukaegbu Gray Nneji AU - Ajunwa Obinna AU - Lawal Oluwabusola Mistura ED - Dinesh Sriramulu Y1 - 2019-10-02 PY - 2019 T1 - The Beneficial Roles of Pseudomonas in Medicine, Industries, and Environment: A Review N2 - Pseudomonas aeruginosa, though unfamiliar as an aggressive invader, has gained importance in the scientific community due to its association with cystic fibrosis (CF) and its ability to construct biofilms resilient to host defense. The chronic nature of CF allows this bacterium to colonize, adapt, and evolve at its own pace, thereby causing further complications in CF patients. With its huge genetic repertoire and plasticity of the genome, P. aeruginosa has been able to alter its contents by way of deletions, insertions, inversions, and so on. Therefore scientists and researchers are eager to study this bacterium in diverse and unusual niches. Written by experts from around the world, this book describes and discusses the various mechanisms of adaptation and evolution displayed by P. aeruginosa. BT - Pseudomonas Aeruginosa SP - Ch. 7 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.85996 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.85996 SN - 978-1-78923-816-7 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-25 ER -