Advances in nanotechnology for biofilm inhibition

L Kumar, M Bisen, K Harjai, S Chhibber, S Azizov… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biofilm-associated infections have emerged as a significant public health challenge due to
their persistent nature and increased resistance to conventional treatment methods. The …

Deciphering the virulence factors, regulation, and immune response to Acinetobacter baumannii infection

A Shadan, A Pathak, Y Ma, R Pathania… - Frontiers in Cellular and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Deciphering the virulence factors, regulation, and immune response to Acinetobacter
baumannii infection Acinetobacter baumannii is a gram-negative multidrug-resistant …

Pathogenicity and virulence of Acinetobacter baumannii: Factors contributing to the fitness in healthcare settings and the infected host

M Lucidi, D Visaggio, A Migliaccio, G Capecchi… - Virulence, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Acinetobacter baumannii is a common cause of healthcare-associated infections and
hospital outbreaks, particularly in intensive care units. Much of the success of A. baumannii …

Environmental adaptation and diversification of bacterial two-component systems

AF Alvarez, D Georgellis - Current Opinion in Microbiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Bacterial two-component systems (TCS) are versatile signaling mechanisms that govern
cellular responses to diverse environmental cues. These systems rely on phosphoryl-group …

RpoS and the bacterial general stress response

S Bouillet, TS Bauer, S Gottesman - Microbiology and Molecular …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
The general stress response (GSR) is a widespread strategy developed by bacteria to adapt
and respond to their changing environments. The GSR is induced by one or multiple …

[HTML][HTML] Bacterial hydrophilins promote pathogen desiccation tolerance

ER Green, JN Fakhoury, AJ Monteith, H Pi… - Cell host & …, 2022 - cell.com
Acinetobacter baumannii is a leading cause of hospital-acquired infections, where
outbreaks are driven by its ability to persist on surfaces in a desiccated state. Here, we show …

Genome-wide phage susceptibility analysis in Acinetobacter baumannii reveals capsule modulation strategies that determine phage infectivity

J Bai, N Raustad, J Denoncourt, T van Opijnen… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Phage have gained renewed interest as an adjunctive treatment for life-threatening
infections with the resistant nosocomial pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii. Our …

Co-regulation of biofilm formation and antimicrobial resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii: from mechanisms to therapeutic strategies

SG Mendes, SI Combo, T Allain, S Domingues… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
In recent years, multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged globally as a
major threat to the healthcare system. It is now listed by the World Health Organization as a …

BfmRS encodes a regulatory system involved in light signal transduction modulating motility and desiccation tolerance in the human pathogen Acinetobacter …

B Perez Mora, R Giordano, V Permingeat… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
We have previously shown that Acinetobacter baumannii as well as other relevant clinical
bacterial pathogens such as Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa …

The metabolite vanillic acid regulates Acinetobacter baumannii surface attachment

M Brychcy, B Nguyen, GA Tierney… - Molecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The nosocomial bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii is protected from antibiotic treatment by
acquiring antibiotic resistances and by forming biofilms. Cell attachment, one of the first …