Pseudomonas aeruginosa adaptation and evolution in patients with cystic fibrosis

E Rossi, R La Rosa, JA Bartell, RL Marvig… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Intense genome sequencing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from cystic fibrosis (CF)
airways has shown inefficient eradication of the infecting bacteria, as well as previously …

[HTML][HTML] Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Infections, Animal Modeling, and Therapeutics

SJ Wood, TM Kuzel, SH Shafikhani - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important Gram-negative opportunistic pathogen which
causes many severe acute and chronic infections with high morbidity, and mortality rates as …

Epidemiology, biology, and impact of clonal Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in cystic fibrosis

MD Parkins, R Somayaji, VJ Waters - Clinical microbiology …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Chronic lower airway infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a major contributor to
morbidity and mortality in individuals suffering from the genetic disease cystic fibrosis (CF) …

[HTML][HTML] Roles of Two-Component Systems in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Virulence

M Sultan, R Arya, KK Kim - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that synthesizes and secretes a
wide range of virulence factors. P. aeruginosa poses a potential threat to human health …

Convergent evolution and adaptation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa within patients with cystic fibrosis

RL Marvig, LM Sommer, S Molin, HK Johansen - Nature genetics, 2015 - nature.com
Little is known about how within-host evolution compares between genotypically different
strains of the same pathogenic species. We sequenced the whole genomes of 474 …

Colistin kills bacteria by targeting lipopolysaccharide in the cytoplasmic membrane

A Sabnis, KLH Hagart, A Klöckner, M Becce, LE Evans… - elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Colistin is an antibiotic of last resort, but has poor efficacy and resistance is a growing
problem. Whilst it is well established that colistin disrupts the bacterial outer membrane (OM) …

Pseudomonas genomes: diverse and adaptable

MW Silby, C Winstanley, SAC Godfrey… - FEMS microbiology …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Members of the genus Pseudomonas inhabit a wide variety of environments, which is
reflected in their versatile metabolic capacity and broad potential for adaptation to fluctuating …

[HTML][HTML] Pseudomonas aeruginosa reference strains PAO1 and PA14: A genomic, phenotypic, and therapeutic review

A Grace, R Sahu, DR Owen, VA Dennis - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a ubiquitous, motile, gram-negative bacterium that has been
recently identified as a multi-drug resistant pathogen in critical need of novel therapeutics. Of …

Pseudomonas biofilm matrix composition and niche biology

EE Mann, DJ Wozniak - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Biofilms are a predominant form of growth for bacteria in the environment and in the clinic.
Critical for biofilm development are adherence, proliferation, and dispersion phases. Each of …

The Pel and Psl polysaccharides provide Pseudomonas aeruginosa structural redundancy within the biofilm matrix

KM Colvin, Y Irie, CS Tart, R Urbano… - Environmental …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Extracellular polysaccharides comprise a major component of the biofilm matrix. Many
species that are adept at biofilm formation have the capacity to produce multiple types of …