New pre-print from our lab looking at antibiotic resistance and sensitivity of AB5075 lacking p1AB5075 - a serendipitous isolation. We also included a full sequence of the widely used pWH1266 E.coli-Acinetobacter shuttle plasmid: GenBank accession no.: PV577797.1.

bioRxiv Microbiology@biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Contributions of plasmid p1AB5075-encoded antibiotic resistance genes to multidrug resistance of Acinetobacter baumannii AB5075 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.29.715119v1

🧬 New preprint out! Thrilled to share our latest study uncovering Arp, a small RNA that represses DNA uptake and twitching motility in Acinetobacter baumannii by directly blocking pilin translation. Massive thanks to my co-authors for a fantastic collaboration!

Kröger Lab@kroegerlab.bsky.social · last yr.

New preprint! We characterise the small, regulatory RNA Arp which controls DNA uptake and twitching motilty in A. baumannii. Led by our Dr Fergal Hamrock @hamrockfergal.bsky.social and in collaboration with @westermannlab.bsky.social and Mike Gebhardt's lab!

Our lab contributed to this including @hamrockfergal.bsky.social : CsrA-mediated regulation of a virulence switch in Acinetobacter baumannii. Great work led by Phil Rather's group. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

CsrA-mediated regulation of a virulence switch in Acinetobacter baumannii | mBio

The World Health Organization has ranked Acinetobacter baumannii atop its “priority pathogens” list highlighting the urgent need for new therapeutics against this pathogen. Many A. baumannii strains i...

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