Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lifestyle: A Paradigm for Adaptation, Survival, and Persistence

MF Moradali, S Ghods, BHA Rehm - Frontiers in cellular and infection …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen affecting immunocompromised
patients. It is known as the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in cystic fibrosis (CF) …

Non-tuberculous mycobacteria and the rise of Mycobacterium abscessus

MD Johansen, JL Herrmann, L Kremer - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2020 - nature.com
Infections caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are increasing globally and are
notoriously difficult to treat due to intrinsic resistance of these bacteria to many common …

Enhanced annotations and features for comparing thousands of Pseudomonas genomes in the Pseudomonas genome database

GL Winsor, EJ Griffiths, R Lo, BK Dhillon… - Nucleic acids …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Pseudomonas Genome Database (http://www. pseudomonas. com) is well
known for the application of community-based annotation approaches for producing a high …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa : new insights into pathogenesis and host defenses

SL Gellatly, REW Hancock - Pathogens and disease, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a metabolically versatile bacterium that can cause a wide
range of severe opportunistic infections in patients with serious underlying medical …

Antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa–Mechanisms, epidemiology and evolution

J Botelho, F Grosso, L Peixe - Drug resistance updates, 2019 - Elsevier
Antibiotics are powerful drugs used in the treatment of bacterial infections. The inappropriate
use of these medicines has driven the dissemination of antibiotic resistance (AR) in most …

The Building Blocks of Antimicrobial Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Implications for Current Resistance-Breaking Therapies

RF Langendonk, DR Neill, JL Fothergill - Frontiers in Cellular and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
P. aeruginosa is classified as a priority one pathogen by the World Health Organisation, and
new drugs are urgently needed, due to the emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains …

Lipopolysaccharide modification in Gram-negative bacteria during chronic infection

RF Maldonado, I Sá-Correia… - FEMS microbiology …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The Gram-negative bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a major component of the outer
membrane that plays a key role in host–pathogen interactions with the innate immune …

Pseudomonas genomes: diverse and adaptable

MW Silby, C Winstanley, SAC Godfrey… - FEMS microbiology …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Members of the genus Pseudomonas inhabit a wide variety of environments, which is
reflected in their versatile metabolic capacity and broad potential for adaptation to fluctuating …

Integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs): what they do and how they work

CM Johnson, AD Grossman - Annual review of genetics, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Horizontal gene transfer plays a major role in microbial evolution, allowing microbes to
acquire new genes and phenotypes. Integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs, aka …

Genomic islands: tools of bacterial horizontal gene transfer and evolution

M Juhas, JR Van Der Meer, M Gaillard… - FEMS microbiology …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Bacterial genomes evolve through mutations, rearrangements or horizontal gene transfer.
Besides the core genes encoding essential metabolic functions, bacterial genomes also …