The Multidrug Efflux System AcrABZ-TolC Is Essential for Infection of <i>Salmonella</i> Typhimurium by the Flagellum-Dependent Bacteriophage Chi
Nathaniel C. Esteves, Steffen Porwollik, Michael McClelland, Birgit E. Scharf
Abstract
by a flagellotropic phage. In theory, if a bacterial pathogen develops phage resistance by altering expression of the efflux pump then the pathogen would simultaneously become more susceptible to the antibiotic substrates of the pump. Thus, co-administering antibiotics and flagellotropic phage may be a particularly potent antibacterial therapy.
Topics & Concepts
BiologySalmonellaEffluxMultiple drug resistanceFlagellumMicrobiologyBacteriophageAntimicrobialAntibiotic resistanceBacteriaDrug resistanceVirologyAntibioticsEscherichia coliGeneticsGeneBacteriophages and microbial interactionsBacterial Genetics and BiotechnologyViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology