Biofilms as promoters of bacterial antibiotic resistance and tolerance

C Uruén, G Chopo-Escuin, J Tommassen… - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Multidrug resistant bacteria are a global threat for human and animal health. However, they
are only part of the problem of antibiotic failure. Another bacterial strategy that contributes to …

[HTML][HTML] Antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: mechanisms and alternative therapeutic strategies

Z Pang, R Raudonis, BR Glick, TJ Lin, Z Cheng - Biotechnology advances, 2019 - Elsevier
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that is a leading cause of morbidity
and mortality in cystic fibrosis patients and immunocompromised individuals. Eradication of …

Microbiome engineering: synthetic biology of plant-associated microbiomes in sustainable agriculture

J Ke, B Wang, Y Yoshikuni - Trends in Biotechnology, 2021 - cell.com
To support an ever-increasing population, modern agriculture faces numerous challenges
that pose major threats to global food and energy security. Plant-associated microbes, with …

Protein cages: from fundamentals to advanced applications

TGW Edwardson, MD Levasseur, S Tetter… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Proteins that self-assemble into polyhedral shell-like structures are useful molecular
containers both in nature and in the laboratory. Here we review efforts to repurpose diverse …

Bacterial metabolism and antibiotic efficacy

JM Stokes, AJ Lopatkin, MA Lobritz, JJ Collins - Cell metabolism, 2019 - cell.com
Antibiotics target energy-consuming processes. As such, perturbations to bacterial metabolic
homeostasis are significant consequences of treatment. Here, we describe three postulates …

Fighting pathogenic bacteria on two fronts: phages and antibiotics as combined strategy

TL Tagliaferri, M Jansen, HP Horz - Frontiers in cellular and infection …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
With the emerging threat of infections caused by multidrug resistant bacteria, phages have
been reconsidered as an alternative for treating infections caused by tenacious pathogens …

[HTML][HTML] Engineering phage host-range and suppressing bacterial resistance through phage tail fiber mutagenesis

K Yehl, S Lemire, AC Yang, H Ando, M Mimee… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
The rapid emergence of antibiotic-resistant infections is prompting increased interest in
phage-based antimicrobials. However, acquisition of resistance by bacteria is a major issue …

A century of the phage: past, present and future

GPC Salmond, PC Fineran - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2015 - nature.com
Viruses that infect bacteria (bacteriophages; also known as phages) were discovered 100
years ago. Since then, phage research has transformed fundamental and translational …

[HTML][HTML] Biotechnological applications of bacteriophages: State of the art

LK Harada, EC Silva, WF Campos, FS Del Fiol… - Microbiological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Bacteriophage particles are the most abundant biological entities on our planet, infecting
specific bacterial hosts in every known environment and being major drivers of bacterial …

Engineered probiotic Escherichia coli can eliminate and prevent Pseudomonas aeruginosa gut infection in animal models

IY Hwang, E Koh, A Wong, JC March… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Bacteria can be genetically engineered to kill specific pathogens or inhibit their virulence.
We previously developed a synthetic genetic system that allows a laboratory strain of …