Acinetobacter baumannii Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms

I Kyriakidis, E Vasileiou, ZD Pana, A Tragiannidis - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Acinetobacter baumannii is a Gram-negative ESKAPE microorganism that poses a threat to
public health by causing severe and invasive (mostly nosocomial) infections linked with high …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of Acinetobacter baumannii pathogenesis: Motility, adherence and biofilm formation

HJ Mea, PVC Yong, EH Wong - Microbiological research, 2021 - Elsevier
The Gram-negative opportunistic pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii has gain notoriety in
recent decades, primarily due to its propensity to cause nosocomial infections in critically ill …

Carbapenemases: Transforming Acinetobacter baumannii into a Yet More Dangerous Menace

MS Ramirez, RA Bonomo, ME Tolmasky - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Acinetobacter baumannii is a common cause of serious nosocomial infections. Although
community-acquired infections are observed, the vast majority occur in people with …

Bacterial catabolism of indole-3-acetic acid

TS Laird, N Flores, JHJ Leveau - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) is a molecule with the chemical formula C 10 H 9 NO 2,
with a demonstrated presence in various environments and organisms, and with a biological …

The Tip of the VgrG Spike Is Essential to Functional Type VI Secretion System Assembly in Acinetobacter baumannii

J Lopez, PM Ly, MF Feldman - MBio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
The type VI secretion system (T6SS) is a critical weapon in bacterial warfare between Gram-
negative bacteria. Although invaluable for niche establishment, this machine represents an …

Identification of two variants of Acinetobacter baumannii strain ATCC 17978 with distinct genotypes and phenotypes

CDM Wijers, L Pham, S Menon, KL Boyd… - Infection and …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Acinetobacter baumannii is a nosocomial pathogen that exhibits substantial genomic
plasticity. Here, the identification of two variants of A. baumannii ATCC 17978 that differ …

Light modulates important pathogenic determinants and virulence in ESKAPE pathogens Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Staphylococcus …

MR Tuttobene, JF Pérez, ES Pavesi… - Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Light sensing has been extensively characterized in the human pathogen Acinetobacter
baumannii at environmental temperatures. However, the influence of light on the physiology …

Bio-indigo Production using Wild-type Acinetobacter sp. and Indole-3-acetate Monooxygenase (iacA) Expressed in Escherichia coli

S Ahn, SA Park, P Kumar, KY Choi - Biotechnology and Bioprocess …, 2023 - Springer
This study reports the identification of a novel bio-indigo-producing bacterium from soil
sources. Blue-colored colonies were first screened and isolated from a screening plate …

Restoration of susceptibility to amikacin by 8-hydroxyquinoline analogs complexed to zinc

J Magallon, K Chiem, T Tran, MS Ramirez, V Jimenez… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Gram-negative pathogens resistant to amikacin and other aminoglycosides of clinical
relevance usually harbor the 6'-N-acetyltransferase type Ib [AAC (6')-Ib], an enzyme that …

Acinetobacter baumannii represses type VI secretion system through a manganese-dependent small RNA-mediated regulation

S Bhowmik, A Pathak, S Pandey, K Devnath, A Sett… - mBio, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Type VI secretion system (T6SS) is utilized by many Gram-negative bacteria to eliminate
competing bacterial species and manipulate host cells. Acinetobacter baumannii ATCC …