Shared mechanisms of enhanced plasmid maintenance and antibiotic tolerance mediated by the VapBC toxin:antitoxin system

Shared mechanisms of enhanced plasmid maintenance and antibiotic tolerance mediated by the VapBC toxin:antitoxin system

ABSTRACT Toxin:antitoxin (TA) systems are widespread in bacteria and were first identified as plasmid addiction systems that kill bacteria lacking a TA-encoding plasmid following cell division. TA systems have also been implicated in bacterial persistence and antibiotic tolerance, which can be precu...

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Main Authors: Sarah Hollingshead, Gareth McVicker, Maria R. Nielsen, YuGeng Zhang, Giulia Pilla, Rebekah A. Jones, Jonathan C. Thomas, Sarah E. H. Johansen, Rachel M. Exley, Ditlev E. Brodersen, Christoph M. Tang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2025-02-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
Shigella
plasmid stability
antibiotic tolerance
TA systems
VapBC
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.02616-24
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