P. aeruginosa is classified as a priority one pathogen by the World Health Organisation, and
new drugs are urgently needed, due to the emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains …

Many Gram‐negative and Gram‐positive bacteria recycle a significant proportion of the
peptidoglycan components of their cell walls during their growth and septation. In many …

Practical Handbook of Microbiology, 4th edition provides basic, clear and concise
knowledge and practical information about working with microorganisms. Useful to anyone …

Active efflux of antimicrobial agents is a primary mechanism by which bacterial pathogens
can become multidrug resistant. The combined use of efflux pump inhibitors (EPIs) with …

The history of modern medicine cannot be written apart from the history of the antibiotics.
Antibiotics are cytotoxic secondary metabolites that are isolated from Nature. The …

The uncontrolled, often inappropriate use of antibiotics has resulted in the increasing
prevalence of antibiotic-resistant pathogens, with major cost implications for both United …

This review deeply addresses for the first time the diversity, regulation and mechanisms
leading to mutational overexpression of intrinsic β-lactamases from non-fermenting and …

The ability to recover components of their own cell wall is a common feature of bacteria. This
was initially recognized in the Gram-negative bacterium Escherichia coli, which recycles …

The interplay between antibiotic resistance and bacterial fitness/virulence has attracted the
interest of researchers for decades because of its therapeutic implications, since it is …

Pseudomonas is a bacterial genus, with a bona fide environmental habitat that comprises
different species, some of them causing diseases in humans and plants, as well as some …