Gentamicin induction of the gonococcal hicAB toxin-antitoxin encoding system and 2 impact on gene expression influencing biofilm formation and in vivo fitness in a strain specific manner
Concerta L. Holley, Vijaya Dhulipala, Adriana Le Van…·William Maurice Shafer
This paper shows that sub-lethal gentamicin levels increase the hicAB toxin-antitoxin system in Neisseria gonorrhoeae, reducing biofilm formation and in vivo fitness in some strains.