Targeting antibiotic resistance genes is a better approach to block acquisition of antibiotic resistance than blocking conjugal transfer by recipient cells: a genome-wide …

K Moriguchi, FIRM Zoolkefli, M Abe… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The conjugal transfer is a major driving force in the spread of antibiotic resistance genes.
Nevertheless, an effective approach has not yet been developed to target conjugal transfer …

Chemical Changes On, and Through, The Bacterial Envelope in Escherichia coli Mutants Exhibiting Impaired Plasmid Transfer Identified Using Time-of-Flight …

K Dimovska Nilsson, M Palm, J Hood, J Sheriff… - Analytical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF–SIMS) using a (CO2) 6k+ gas cluster
ion beam (GCIB) was used to analyze Escherichia coli mutants previously identified as …

Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase antibiotic resistance plasmids have diverse transfer rates and can be spread in the absence of selection

F Benz, JS Huisman, E Bakkeren, JA Herter, T Stadler… - bioRxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
Horizontal gene transfer, mediated by conjugative plasmids, is one of the main drivers of the
global spread of antibiotic resistance. However, the relative contributions of different factors …

Interrogation of chemical changes on, and through, the bacterial envelope of Escherichia coli FabF mutant using time‐of‐flight secondary ion mass spectrometry

K Dimovska Nilsson, J Grandén… - Surface and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Time‐of‐flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF‐SIMS) using a primary ion beam of
(CO2) 6k+ was used to analyse chemical changes in the bacterial envelope of a fabF knock …