Predatory bacteria as living antibiotics–where are we now?

RJ Atterbury, J Tyson - Microbiology, 2021 - microbiologyresearch.org
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health and economic crisis. With too few
antibiotics in development to meet current and anticipated needs, there is a critical need for …

Microbial morphology and motility as biosignatures for outer planet missions

J Nadeau, C Lindensmith, JW Deming, VI Fernandez… - Astrobiology, 2016 - liebertpub.com
Meaningful motion is an unambiguous biosignature, but because life in the Solar System is
most likely to be microbial, the question is whether such motion may be detected effectively …

Potential Control of Potato Soft Rot Disease by the Obligate Predators Bdellovibrio and Like Organisms

D Youdkes, Y Helman, S Burdman… - Applied and …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacterial soft rot diseases caused by Pectobacterium spp. and Dickeya spp. affect a wide
range of crops, including potatoes, a major food crop. As of today, farmers mostly rely on …

Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus HD100, a predator of Gram-negative bacteria, benefits energetically from Staphylococcus aureus biofilms without predation

H Im, M Dwidar, RJ Mitchell - The ISME Journal, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus HD100 is a predatory bacterium which lives by invading the
periplasm of Gram-negative bacteria and consuming them from within. Although B …

Investigating the responses of human epithelial cells to predatory bacteria

AK Monnappa, W Bari, SY Choi, RJ Mitchell - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
One beguiling alternative to antibiotics for treating multi-drug resistant infections are
Bdellovibrio-and-like-organisms (BALOs), predatory bacteria known to attack human …

Outer Membrane Porin F in E. coli Is Critical for Effective Predation by Bdellovibrio

W Mun, S Upatissa, S Lim, M Dwidar… - Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bdellovibrio and like organisms (BALOs) are a unique bacterial group that live by predating
on other bacteria, consuming them from within to grow and replicate before the progeny …

One-Pot fermenter processing for the mass cultivation of predatory bacteria

W Mun, S Choi, H Jang, RJ Mitchell - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
This study describes a novel one-pot fermentative process to mass-produce and cultivate
Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus HD100 that reduces the complexity and time associated with …

Sensitivity of predatory bacteria to different surfactants and their application to check bacterial predation

G Cho, J Kwon, SM Soh, H Jang, RJ Mitchell - Applied microbiology and …, 2019 - Springer
We evaluated the toxicity of surfactants against different predatory bacteria. Tests with
Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus HD100 and SDS, an anionic surfactant, showed the predator was …

Cyanide Production by Chromobacterium piscinae Shields It from Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus HD100 Predation

W Mun, H Kwon, H Im, SY Choi, AK Monnappa… - MBio, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Predation of Chromobacterium piscinae by Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus HD100 was inhibited
in dilute nutrient broth (DNB) but not in HEPES. Experiments showed that the effector …

Visualizing Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus by using the tdTomato fluorescent protein

S Mukherjee, KM Brothers, RMQ Shanks… - Applied and …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus is a Gram-negative bacterium that belongs to the delta subgroup
of proteobacteria and is characterized by a predatory life cycle. In recent years, work has …