F-Type Pyocins Are Diverse Noncontractile Phage Tail-Like Weapons for Killing Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Author:

Saha Senjuti12,Ojobor Chidozie D.1,Li Annie Si Cong1,Mackinnon Erik1,North Olesia I.3ORCID,Bondy-Denomy Joseph4ORCID,Lam Joseph S.5ORCID,Ensminger Alexander W.13ORCID,Maxwell Karen L.3ORCID,Davidson Alan R.13ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2. Child Health Research Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh

3. Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

4. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Quantitative Biosciences Institute, University of California—San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

5. Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Abstract

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that causes antibiotic-resistant infections with high mortality rates, particularly in immunocompromised individuals and cystic fibrosis patients. Due to the increasing frequency of multidrug-resistant P. aeruginosa infections, there is great need for the development of alternative therapeutics.

Funder

Gouvernement du Canada | Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Molecular Biology,Microbiology

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