RT Journal Article
T1 Modified Lactic Acid Bacteria Detect and Inhibit Multiresistant Enterococci
A1 Borrero Del Pino, Juan
A1 Chen, Yuqing
A1 Dunny, Gary M.
A1 Kaznessis, Yiannis N.
AB We designed Lactococcus lactis to detect Enterococcus faecalis. Upon detection, L. lactis produce and secrete antienterococcal peptides. The peptides inhibit enterococcal growth and reduce viability of enterococci in the vicinity of L. lactis. The enterococcal sex pheromone cCF10 serves as the signal for detection. Expression vectors derived from pCF10, a cCF10-responsive E. faecalis sex-pheromone conjugative plasmid, were engineered in L. lactis for the detection system. Recombinant host strains were engineered to express genes for three bacteriocins, enterocin A, hiracin JM79 and enterocin P, each with potent antimicrobial activity against E. faecalis. Sensitive detection and specific inhibition occur both in agar and liquid media. The engineered L. lactis also inhibited growth of multidrug-resistant E. faecium strains, when induced by cCF10. The presented vectors and strains can be components of a toolbox for the development of alternative antibiotic technologies targeting enterococci at the site of infection.
PB ACS Publications
SN 2161-5063
SN 2161-5063
YR 2014
FD 2014-06-04
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/116433
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/116433
LA eng
NO Borrero, J., Chen, Y., Dunny, G. M., & Kaznessis, Y. N. (2015). Modified lactic acid bacteria detect and inhibit multiresistant enterococci. ACS Synthetic Biology, 4(3), 299-306. https://doi.org/10.1021/SB500090B
NO National Institutes of Health (EEUU)
NO National Science Foundation (EEUU)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 1 sept 2025