Toxin-antitoxins and bacterial virulence

D Lobato-Marquez, R Díaz-Orejas… - FEMS microbiology …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Bacterial virulence relies on a delicate balance of signals interchanged between the
invading microbe and the host. This communication has been extensively perceived as a …

Coming from the wild: multidrug resistant opportunistic pathogens presenting a primary, not human-linked, environmental habitat

F Sanz-García, T Gil-Gil, P Laborda… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The use and misuse of antibiotics have made antibiotic-resistant bacteria widespread
nowadays, constituting one of the most relevant challenges for human health at present …

Toxin-antitoxin systems in bacterial pathogenesis

S Sonika, S Singh, S Mishra, S Verma - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Toxin-Antitoxin (TA) systems are abundant in prokaryotes and play an important role in
various biological processes such as plasmid maintenance, phage inhibition, stress …

Emerging roles of toxin-antitoxin modules in bacterial pathogenesis

B Kędzierska, F Hayes - Molecules, 2016 - mdpi.com
Toxin-antitoxin (TA) cassettes are encoded widely by bacteria. The modules typically
comprise a protein toxin and protein or RNA antitoxin that sequesters the toxin factor. Toxin …

Narrative of a versatile and adept species Pseudomonas putida

M Kivisaar - Journal of medical microbiology, 2020 - microbiologyresearch.org
Pseudomonas putida is a fast-growing bacterium found mostly in temperate soil and water
habitats. The metabolic versatility of P. putida makes this organism attractive for …

Genomic, phylogenetic and catabolic re-assessment of the Pseudomonas putida clade supports the delineation of Pseudomonas alloputida sp. nov., Pseudomonas …

V Keshavarz-Tohid, J Vacheron, A Dubost… - Systematic and applied …, 2019 - Elsevier
Bacteria of the Pseudomonas putida group are studied for a large panel of properties
ranging from plant growth promotion and bioremediation to pathogenicity. To date, most of …

Multiple Pseudomonas species secrete exolysin‐like toxins and provoke Caspase‐1‐dependent macrophage death

P Basso, P Wallet, S Elsen, E Soleilhac… - Environmental …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Pathogenic bacteria secrete protein toxins that provoke apoptosis or necrosis of eukaryotic
cells. Here, we developed a live‐imaging method, based on incorporation of a DNA …

Unraveling the genomic diversity of the Pseudomonas putida group: exploring taxonomy, core pangenome, and antibiotic resistance mechanisms

Z Udaondo, JL Ramos, K Abram - FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The genus Pseudomonas is characterized by its rich genetic diversity, with over 300 species
been validly recognized. This reflects significant progress made through sequencing and …

Risk factors and antimicrobial resistance profiles of Pseudomonas putida infection in Central China, 2010–2017

G Tan, Y **, P Yuan, Z Sun, D Yang - Medicine, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Risk factors and antimicrobial resistance profiles of Pseudo... : Medicine Risk factors and
antimicrobial resistance profiles of Pseudomonas putida infection in Central China, 2010–2017 …

Diversity, Prevalence, and Longitudinal Occurrence of Type II Toxin-Antitoxin Systems of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infecting Cystic Fibrosis Lungs

SB Andersen, M Ghoul, AS Griffin, B Petersen… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Type II toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems are most commonly composed of two genes encoding a
stable toxin, which harms the cell, and an unstable antitoxin that can inactivate it. TA systems …