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Comprehensive Approaches to Combatting Acinetobacter baumannii Biofilms: From Biofilm Structure to Phage-Based Therapies

Antibiotics
Acinetobacter baumannii—a multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogen that causes, for example, skin and soft tissue wounds; urinary tract infections; pneumonia; bacteremia; and endocarditis, particularly due to its ability to form robust biofilms—poses a ...
Ilona Grygiel, Olaf Bajrak, Michał Wójcicki, Klaudia Krusiec, Ewa Jończyk-Matysiak, Andrzej Górski, Joanna Majewska, Sławomir Letkiewicz   +7 more
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Dynamics of Bacteriophage Genome Ejection In Vitro and In Vivo

, 2010
Bacteriophages, phages for short, are viruses of bacteria. The majority of phages contain a double-stranded DNA genome packaged in a capsid at a density of ~500 mg/ml. This high density requires substantial compression of the normal B form helix, leading
Molineux, Ian J., Panja, Debabrata
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The influence of the accessory genome on bacterial pathogen evolution [PDF]

, 2011
Bacterial pathogens exhibit significant variation in their genomic content of virulence factors. This reflects the abundance of strategies pathogens evolved to infect host organisms by suppressing host immunity.
Abu-Ali GS, Adiba S, Alfano JR, Arnold DL, Arnold DL, Arnold DL, Asadulghani M, Baharoglu Z, Baquero F, Barash I, Blondel CJ, Blondel CJ, Brüssow H, Cambray G, Chen J, Chen Y, Choi J, Colinon C, Croucher NJ, Dawes FE, De Gelder L, Diard M, Dillon SC, Douard G, Doyle M, Elsaied H, Fondi M, Freeman VJ, Gartemann KH, Gillings MR, Godfrey SAC, Govind R, Greenberg JT, Grillot-Courvalin C, Groisman EA, Guerin E, Hacker J, Hacker J, Halary S, Hassan F, Hazen TH, Hegstad K, Heinemann JA, Heringa S, Hochhut B, Holden MT, Huang L, Imamovic L, Jackson RW, Jackson RW, Jenner C, Joss M, Jové T, Kearney B, Kers JA, Kiiru JN, Koenig JE, Koenig JE, Krauland MG, Landgraf A, Larsson P, Leplae Rl, León G, Lipps HJ, Lloyd AL, Loftie-Eaton W, Lovell HC, Lovell HC, Manning SD, Marchetti M, Matz C, Maurelli AT, Mazel D, Michael CA, Michael CA, Morris CE, Morris CE, Moura A, Naas T, Nadarasah G, Naka H, Nawaz M, Ogura Y, Paauw A, Partridge SR, Pitman A, Poirel L, Poirel L, Ramirez MS, Rankin DJ, Rezzonico F, Rivas LA, Rodriguez-Martinez JM, Rohmer L, Rosewarne CP, Sajjad A, Salanoubat M, Salzberg SL, Seth-Smith H, Shaheen BW, Siguier P, Siguier P, Smillie C, Smith AB, Song H, Sota M, Steinberg KM, Sundin GW, Sundin GW, Tao L, Treangen TJ, van der Meer JR, van der Veen EL, van Essen-Zandbergen A, Wagner A, Waldor MK, Wiesner M, Woodford N, Yang H, Zhou Z, Zupan J   +120 more
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ΦCrAss001 represents the most abundant bacteriophage family in the human gut and infects Bacteroides intestinalis

Nature Communications, 2018
CrAssphages are an extensive and ubiquitous family of tailed bacteriophages, predicted to infect bacteria of the order Bacteroidales. Despite being found in ~50% of individuals and representing up to 90% of human gut viromes, members of this viral family
A. Shkoporov, E. Khokhlova, C. B. Fitzgerald, S. Stockdale, L. Draper, R. Ross, C. Hill   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

CRISPR/Cas9‐Assisted Microrobots for Fast and Ultrasensitive “On‐The‐Fly” Next‐Generation DNA Detection

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This work presents self‐propelled CRISPR/Cas9‐functionalized Au–MRs for rapid, amplification‐free, “on‐the‐fly” DNA detection. By harnessing motion‐assisted signal recovery, the platform achieved the limit of detection in low fM DNA concentrations, enabling detection across a wide dynamic range within only 5 min, which is significantly faster than any ...
Jyoti, Petr Michálek, Zbyněk Heger, Martin Pumera   +3 more
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Bacteriophages as potential treatment for urinary tract infections

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016
Background: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most prevalent microbial diseases and their financial burden on society is substantial. The continuing increase of antibiotic resistance worldwide is alarming so that well-tolerated, highly ...
Wilbert eSybesma, Reinhard eZbinden, Nino eChanishvili, Mzia eKutateladze, Archil eChkhotua, Aleksandre eUjmajuridze, Ulrich eMehnert, Thomas eKessler   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Genetic Map of Bacteriophage [var phi]X174 [PDF]

, 1971
Bacteriophage [var phi]X174 temperature-sensitive and nonsense mutations in eight cistrons were mapped by using two-, three-, and four-factor genetic crosses.
Benbow, R. M., Fabricant, J. D., Hutchison, C. A., III, Sinsheimer, R. L.   +3 more
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The natural dietary genistein boosts bacteriophage-mediated cancer cell killing by improving phage-targeted tumor cell transduction [PDF]

, 2016
Gene therapy has long been regarded as a promising treatment for cancer. However, cancer gene therapy is still facing the challenge of targeting gene delivery vectors specifically to tumors when administered via clinically acceptable non-invasive ...
Albahrani, M, Bentayebi, K, Hajitou, A, Przystal, J, Suwan, K, Tsafa, E   +5 more
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Biologically Active Implants Prevent Mortality in a Mouse Sepsis Model

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
A modular, triple‐action titanium implant is developed to prevent implant‐associated infections by repelling bacteria, killing pathogens, and enhancing tissue integration. Coatings with phage cocktails targeting P. aeruginosa and S. aureus show significant bacterial reduction and improved survival in a mouse sepsis model.
Martin Stark, Fereshteh Bayat, Sara Rahmani, Mathura Thirugnanasampanthar, Taylor Kramer, Elise Schwarz, David Wilson, Jeffrey I. Weitz, Zeinab Hosseinidoust, Tohid F. Didar   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nucleotide-dependent DNA gripping and an end-clamp mechanism regulate the bacteriophage T4 viral packaging motor. [PDF]

, 2018
ATP-powered viral packaging motors are among the most powerful biomotors known. Motor subunits arranged in a ring repeatedly grip and translocate the DNA to package viral genomes into capsids.
Alam, Istiaq, Mahalingam, Marthandan, Ordyan, Mariam, Rao, Venigalla B, Smith, Douglas E   +4 more
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