WS11.9 Bacterial cis-2-unsaturated fatty acids found in the cystic fibrosis (CF) airway play a role in bacterial interspecies signalling during polymicrobial infection of the CF lung

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WS11.9 Bacterial cis-2-unsaturated fatty acids found in the cystic fibrosis (CF) airway play a role in bacterial interspecies signalling during polymicrobial infection of the CF lung K.B. Twomey1, O. O’Connell2, M.J. Harrison2, Y. McCarthy1, J.M. Dow1, B. Plant2, R.P. Ryan1. 1BIOMERIT Research Centre, Department of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland; 2Cork Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Cork University Hospital, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland