CRISPR-Cas inhibits plasmid transfer and immunizes bacteria against antibiotic resistance acquisition in manure

C Upreti, P Kumar, LM Durso… - Applied and …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
The horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance genes among bacteria is a pressing global
issue. The bacterial defense system clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic …

Heme utilization by the enterococci

DN Brunson, JA Lemos - FEMS microbes, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Heme consists of a tetrapyrrole ring ligating an iron ion and has important roles in biological
systems. While well known as the oxygen binding molecule within hemoglobin of mammals …

Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of Enterococcus faecalis isolates from periprosthetic joint infections

AL Haeberle, KE Greenwood-Quaintance… - Microbiology …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Over 2.5 million prosthetic joint implantation surgeries occur annually in the United States.
Periprosthetic joint infections (PJIs), though occurring in only 1–2% of patients receiving …

[HTML][HTML] Bacterial and Genetic Features of Raw Retail Pork Meat: Integrative Analysis of Antibiotic Susceptibility, Whole-Genome Sequencing, and Metagenomics

M Lowe, W Strasheim, WY Chan, O Perovic - Antibiotics, 2024 - mdpi.com
The global antibiotic resistance crisis, driven by overuse and misuse of antibiotics, is
multifaceted. This study aimed to assess the microbiological and genetic characteristics of …