Tobramycin adaptation enhances policing of social cheaters in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
R. Abisado, J. H. Kimbrough, B. M. McKee, V. Craddock, N. E. Smalley, A. A. Dandekar, J. R. Chandler
This study shows tobramycin suppresses lasR mutants in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by directly targeting cheaters and selecting for mutations that enhance pyocyanin-mediated policing.
bioRxiv · Nov 15, 2020Microbiology