Persister Escherichia coli cells have a lower intracellular pH than susceptible cells but maintain their pH in response to antibiotic treatment

O Goode, A Smith, A Zarkan, J Cama, BM Invergo… - MBio, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Persister and viable but non-culturable (VBNC) cells are two clonal subpopulations that can
survive multidrug exposure via a plethora of putative molecular mechanisms. Here, we …

Role of Berberine as a Potential Efflux Pump Inhibitor against MdfA from Escherichia coli: In Vitro and In Silico Studies

Y Li, X Ge - Microbiology spectrum, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Infections by Gram-negative pathogens are usually difficult to manage due to the drug export
by efflux pumps. With the evolution and horizontal transfer of efflux pumps, there is an urgent …

Single cell killing kinetics differentiate phenotypic bacterial responses to different antibacterial classes

Y Zhang, I Kepiro, MG Ryadnov… - Microbiology Spectrum, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
With the spread of multidrug-resistant bacteria, there has been an increasing focus on
molecular classes that have not yet yielded an antibiotic. A key capability for assessing and …

Antibiotic resistant bacteria survive treatment by doubling while shrinking

A Campey, U Łapińska, R Chait, K Tsaneva-Atanasova… - mBio, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Many antibiotics that are used in healthcare, farming, and aquaculture end up in
environments with different spatial structures that might promote heterogeneity in the …

Phenotypic resistant single-cell characteristics under recurring ampicillin antibiotic exposure in Escherichia coli

S Kollerová, L Jouvet, J Smelková, S Zunk-Parras… - …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Non-heritable, phenotypic drug resistance toward antibiotics challenges antibiotic therapies.
Characteristics of such phenotypic resistance have implications for the evolution of heritable …

Eugenol works synergistically with colistin against colistin-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates by enhancing membrane …

J Kong, Y Wang, Z Yao, Y Lin, Y Zhang… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Colistin is a potent antibiotic for the treatment of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative
bacteria and is considered a last-resort drug. Unfortunately, the incidence of colistin …