Engineering multiple genomic deletions in Gram‐negative bacteria: analysis of the multi‐resistant antibiotic profile of Pseudomonas putida KT2440

E Martínez‐García, V de Lorenzo - Environmental microbiology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The genome of the soil bacterium Pseudomonas putida strain KT2440 has been erased of
various determinants of resistance to antibiotics encoded in its extant chromosome. To this …

AphA and LuxR/HapR reciprocally control quorum sensing in vibrios

ST Rutherford, JC Van Kessel, Y Shao… - Genes & …, 2011 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Bacteria cycle between periods when they perform individual behaviors and periods when
they perform group behaviors. These transitions are controlled by a cell–cell communication …

The Pseudomonas Secondary Metabolite 2,4-Diacetylphloroglucinol Is a Signal Inducing Rhizoplane Expression of Azospirillum Genes Involved in Plant-Growth …

E Combes-Meynet, JF Pothier… - Molecular plant …, 2011 - Am Phytopath Society
During evolution, plants have become associated with guilds of plant-growth-promoting
rhizobacteria (PGPR), which raises the possibility that individual PGPR populations may …

pBAM1: an all-synthetic genetic tool for analysis and construction of complex bacterial phenotypes

E Martínez-García, B Calles, M Arévalo-Rodríguez… - BMC microbiology, 2011 - Springer
Background Since publication in 1977 of plasmid pBR322, many breakthroughs in Biology
have depended on increasingly sophisticated vector platforms for analysis and engineering …

Integration of Cyclic di-GMP and Quorum Sensing in the Control of vpsT and aphA in Vibrio cholerae

D Srivastava, RC Harris, CM Waters - Journal of bacteriology, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Vibrio cholerae transitions between aquatic environmental reservoirs and infection in the
gastrointestinal tracts of human hosts. The second-messenger molecule cyclic di-GMP (c-di …

Characterization of Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor biotype variant clinical isolates from Bangladesh and Haiti, including a molecular genetic analysis of virulence genes

MS Son, CJ Megli, G Kovacikova, F Qadri… - Journal of clinical …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Vibrio cholerae serogroup O1, the causative agent of the diarrheal disease cholera, is
divided into two biotypes: classical and El Tor. Both biotypes produce the major virulence …

Nucleoid‐associated PhaF phasin drives intracellular location and segregation of polyhydroxyalkanoate granules in Pseudomonas putida KT2442

B Galán, N Dinjaski, B Maestro… - Molecular …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The PhaF is a nucleoid‐associated like protein of Pseudomonas putida KT2442 involved in
the polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) metabolism. Its primary structure shows two modular …

Application of the bacteriophage Mu-driven system for the integration/amplification of target genes in the chromosomes of engineered Gram-negative bacteria—mini …

VZ Akhverdyan, ER Gak, IL Tokmakova… - Applied microbiology …, 2011 - Springer
The advantages of phage Mu transposition-based systems for the chromosomal editing of
plasmid-less strains are reviewed. The cis and trans requirements for Mu phage-mediated …

Unravelling the gallic acid degradation pathway in bacteria: the gal cluster from Pseudomonas putida

J Nogales, Á Canales, J Jiménez‐Barbero… - Molecular …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Gallic acid (3, 4, 5‐trihydroxybenzoic acid, GA) is widely distributed in nature,
being a major phenolic pollutant and a commonly used antioxidant and building‐block for …

Type 3 fimbriae and biofilm formation are regulated by the transcriptional regulators MrkHI in Klebsiella pneumoniae

JG Johnson, CN Murphy, J Sippy… - Journal of …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Klebsiella pneumoniae is an opportunistic pathogen which frequently causes hospital-
acquired urinary and respiratory tract infections. K. pneumoniae may establish these …