An Update on the Acinetobacter baumannii Regulatory Circuitry

Trends Microbiol. 2018 Jul;26(7):560-562. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2018.05.005. Epub 2018 May 26.

Abstract

Acinetobacter baumannii adapts to different environmental conditions by expressing complex regulatory circuitry. Recent studies revealed that this circuitry includes regulatory factors that control the emergence of distinct bacterial subpopulations, which are critical for the capacity of this pathogen to persist in medical settings and cause infections in compromised hosts.

Keywords: Transcriptional regulation; bacterial subpopulations; persistence; resistance; virulence.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter Infections / microbiology*
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / drug effects
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / genetics
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / pathogenicity*
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / physiology*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • Genome, Bacterial
  • Host Specificity
  • Virulence
  • Virulence Factors

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Virulence Factors