The antibiotic susceptibility/resistance of bacteria is influenced by their metabolic states. In tobramycin-resistant Edwardsiella tarda (LTB4-RToB), a dynamic metabolic state is observed, characterized by a general reduction in most metabolites as the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) incre...
Florfenicol is valued for its clinical safety, particularly its reduced bone marrow toxicity compared to other old antibiotics of chloramphenicols. However, the rise of bacterial resistance threatens its efficacy. To address this, we evolved a florfenicol-resistant strain of Vibrio par...
Ceftazidime (CAZ) is a critically important broad-spectrum antibiotic widely used in clinical practice. However, the rapid emergence of bacterial resistance to CAZ poses a significant challenge in treating infections caused by multidrug-resistant pathogens. In this study, we employed a metabolism...
Aiming at the development of a micropollutant biosensor in the frame of the Micro-Ecological Life Support System Alternative (MELiSSA), a pilot study was initiated to identify triclosan (TCS)-responsive biomarker genes in the MELiSSA carbon-mineralizing microorganism, Rhodospirillum rubrum S1H. TCS ...
The generation of an electrical membrane potential (Δψ), the major constituent of the proton motive force (pmf) is crucial for the ATP synthesis, bacterial growth and motility. The pmf drives the rotation of flagella and is vital for the microaerophilic human pathogen Campylobacter jejuni to coloniz...
