Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-24-2013
Publication Title
PloS One
Abstract
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a key opportunistic pathogen characterized by its biofilm formation ability and high-level multiple antibiotic resistance. By screening a library of random transposon insertion mutants with an increased biofilm-specifc antibiotic suscepti bility, we previously ident ified 3 genes or operons of P. aeruginosa UCBPP-PA14 ( ndvB , PA1875–1877 and tssC1 ) that do not affect biofilm formation but are involved in biofilm-specific antibiotic resistance. In this study, we demonstrate that PA0756–0757 (encoding a putative two-component regulatory system), PA2070 and PA5033 (encoding hypothetical proteins of unknown function) display increased expression in biofilm cells and also have a role in biofilm-specific antibiotic resistance. Furthermore, deletion of each of PA0756, PA2070 and PA5033 resulted in a significant reduction of lethality in Caenorhabditis elegans, indicating a role for these genes in both biofilm-specific antibiotic resistance and persistence in vivo. Together, these data suggest that these genes are potential targets for antimicrobial agents.
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0061625
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Zhang, Li; Fritsch, Meredith; Hammond, Lisa; Landreville, Ryan; Slatculescu, Cristina; Colavita, Antonio; and Mah, Thien-Fah, "Identification of Genes Involved in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm-Specific Resistance to Antibiotics" (2013). Dartmouth Scholarship. 2761.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/2761