Several carbamate and organophosphate compounds are used to control a wide variety of
insect pests, weeds, and disease-transmitting vectors. These chemicals were introduced to …

Plasmids play an important role in bacterial genome evolution by transferring genes
between lineages. Fitness costs associated with plasmid carriage are expected to be a …

Allelic exchange is an efficient method of bacterial genome engineering. This protocol
describes the use of this technique to make gene knockouts and knock-ins, as well as single …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a well-known pathogenic bacterium that forms biofilms and
produces virulence factors via quorum sensing (QS). Interfering with normal QS interactions …

Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato (Pst) strain DC3000 infects the model plants Arabidopsis
thaliana and tomato, causing disease symptoms characterized by necrotic lesions …

In Pseudomonas aeruginosa the LasR protein is required for activation of lasB and several
other virulence genes. A diffusible signal molecule, the P. aeruginosa autoinducer (PAI) …

Colonization of the lungs of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients by the opportunistic bacterial
pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the principal cause of mortality in CF populations …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a leading cause of hospital-acquired pneumonia and chronic
lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients. Iron is essential for bacterial growth, and P …

Quorum sensing (QS) is a bacterial cell-to-cell communication process that relies on the
production, release, and response to extracellular signaling molecules called autoinducers …

N‐acylhomoserine lactones (AHLs) are used as signal molecules by many quorum‐sensing
Proteobacteria. Diverse plant and animal pathogens use AHLs to regulate infection and …