Search Results - "Johnsen, Pål Jarle"
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Bacterial natural transformation by highly fragmented and damaged DNA
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (03-12-2013)“…DNA molecules are continuously released through decomposition of organic matter and are ubiquitous in most environments. Such DNA becomes fragmented and…”
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OXA-48-Mediated Ceftazidime-Avibactam Resistance Is Associated with Evolutionary Trade-Offs
Published in mSphere (27-03-2019)“…Infections due to carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative pathogens are associated with limited treatment options and consequently lead to increased mortality…”
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Improved burns therapy: liposomes-in-hydrogel delivery system for mupirocin
Published in Journal of pharmaceutical sciences (01-10-2012)“…Wounds, particularly burns, are prone to colonization of potentially life-threatening bacteria. Local delivery of antimicrobial agents in sufficient quantities…”
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Persistence of a pKPN3-like CTX-M-15-encoding IncFIIK plasmid in a Klebsiella pneumonia ST17 host during two years of intestinal colonization
Published in PloS one (04-03-2015)“…To characterize the CTX-M-15-encoding plasmid in a Klebsiella pneumoniae ST17 strain, responsible for an outbreak at a Norwegian neonatal intensive care unit…”
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Substitutions of short heterologous DNA segments of intragenomic or extragenomic origins produce clustered genomic polymorphisms
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (27-12-2016)“…In a screen for unexplained mutation events we identified a previously unrecognized mechanism generating clustered DNA polymorphisms such as microindels and…”
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No effect of natural transformation on the evolution of resistance to bacteriophages in the Acinetobacter baylyi model system
Published in Scientific reports (21-11-2016)“…The adaptive benefits of natural transformation, the active uptake of free DNA molecules from the environment followed by incorporation of this DNA into the…”
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Mge-cluster: a reference-free approach for typing bacterial plasmids
Published in NAR genomics and bioinformatics (01-09-2023)“…Abstract Extrachromosomal elements of bacterial cells such as plasmids are notorious for their importance in evolution and adaptation to changing ecology…”
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Antimicrobial resistance acquisition via natural transformation: context is everything
Published in Current opinion in microbiology (01-12-2021)“…•Natural transformation mediates the spread of antibiotic resistance genes.•Natural transformation can aid gene transfer between unrelated taxa.•Natural…”
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Transfer of plasmid and chromosomal glycopeptide resistance determinants occurs more readily in the digestive tract of mice than in vitro and exconjugants can persist stably in vivo in the absence of glycopeptide selection
Published in Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy (01-03-2007)“…Objectives and methods The transferability of vanA and vanB glycopeptide resistance determinants with a defined plasmid (n = 9) or chromosomal (n = 4) location…”
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Testing for the fitness benefits of natural transformation during community-embedded evolution
Published in Microbiology (Society for General Microbiology) (01-08-2023)“…Natural transformation is a process where bacteria actively take up DNA from the environment and recombine it into their genome or reconvert it into…”
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Evolution of β-lactamase-mediated cefiderocol resistance
Published in Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy (25-08-2022)“…Cefiderocol is a novel siderophore β-lactam with improved hydrolytic stability toward β-lactamases, including carbapenemases, achieved by combining structural…”
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Distribution of class 1 integrons in a highly impacted catchment
Published in The Science of the total environment (01-10-2016)“…Polluted compounds into freshwater sediments may select and enrich bacteria carrying specific genetic compositions. Here we examine the possible use of class 1…”
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Gene transfer potential of outer membrane vesicles of Acinetobacter baylyi and effects of stress on vesiculation
Published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology (01-06-2014)“…Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) are continually released from a range of bacterial species. Numerous functions of OMVs, including the facilitation of horizontal…”
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Piggybacking on Niche Adaptation Improves the Maintenance of Multidrug‐Resistance Plasmids
Published in Molecular biology and evolution (01-08-2021)“…Abstract The persistence of plasmids in bacterial populations represents a puzzling evolutionary problem with serious clinical implications due to their role…”
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Tn1 transposition in the course of natural transformation enables horizontal antibiotic resistance spread in Acinetobacter baylyi
Published in Microbiology (Society for General Microbiology) (01-01-2021)“…Transposons are genetic elements that change their intracellular genomic position by transposition and are spread horizontally between bacteria when located on…”
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Conserved collateral antibiotic susceptibility networks in diverse clinical strains of Escherichia coli
Published in Nature communications (10-09-2018)“…There is urgent need to develop novel treatment strategies to reduce antimicrobial resistance. Collateral sensitivity (CS), where resistance to one…”
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Effect of chemotherapeutic agents on natural transformation frequency in Acinetobacter baylyi
Published in Access microbiology (10-07-2024)“…Natural transformation is the ability of a bacterial cell to take up extracellular DNA which is subsequently available for recombination into the chromosome…”
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Strong pathogen competition in neonatal gut colonisation
Published in Nature communications (01-12-2022)“…Opportunistic bacterial pathogen species and their strains that colonise the human gut are generally understood to compete against both each other and the…”
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Steady at the wheel: conservative sex and the benefits of bacterial transformation
Published in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences (19-10-2016)“…Many bacteria are highly sexual, but the reasons for their promiscuity remain obscure. Did bacterial sex evolve to maximize diversity and facilitate adaptation…”
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Strong pathogen competition in neonatal gut colonisation
Published in Nature communications (2022)“…Abstract Opportunistic bacterial pathogen species and their strains that colonise the human gut are generally understood to compete against both each other and…”
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