Genes for toxin-antitoxin (TA) complexes are widespread in prokaryote genomes, and
species frequently possess tens of plasmid and chromosomal TA loci. The complexes are …

▪ Abstract In bacteria, programmed cell death is mediated through “addiction modules”
consisting of two genes. The product of the second gene is a stable toxin, whereas the …

A Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain (UCBPP-PA14) is infectious both in an Arabidopsis
thaliana leaf infiltration model and in a mouse full-thickness skin burn model. UCBPP-PA14 …

We show that a single clinical isolate of the human opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas
aeruginosa (strain PA14), which previously was shown to be pathogenic in mice and plants …

Acid resistance (AR) in Escherichia coli is defined as the ability to withstand an acid
challenge of pH 2.5 or less and is a trait generally restricted to stationary-phase cells. Earlier …

We have constructed a set of plasmids that can be used to express recombineering
functions in some gram-negative bacteria, thereby facilitating in vivo genetic manipulations …

The IncPα promiscuous plasmid (R18, R68, RK2, RP1 and RP4) comprises 60,099 bp of
nucleotide sequence, encoding at least 74 genes. About 40 kb of the genome, designated …

We used plants as an in vivo pathogenesis model for the identification of virulence factors of
the human opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Nine of nine Tn phoA mutant …

Broad‐host‐range plasmid RK2 encodes a post‐segregational killing system, parDE, which
contributes to the stable maintenance of this plasmid in Escherichia coli and many distantly …

The plasmid vectors described in this report are derived from the broad-host-range RK2
replicon and can be maintained in many gram-negative bacterial species. The complete …