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Identification of hopanoid biosynthesis genes involved in polymyxin resistance in Burkholderia multivorans.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jan 2012
Malott Rebecca J, Steen-Kinnaird Barbara R, Lee Tracy D, Speert David P
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A major challenge to clinical therapy of Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) pulmonary infections is their innate resistance to a broad range of antimicrobials, including polycationic agents such as aminoglycosides, polymyxins, and cationic peptides. To identify genetic loci associated with this phenotype, a transposon mutant library was constructed in B. multivorans ATCC 17616 and screened for increased...
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