Mycobacteria Tolerate Carbon Monoxide by Remodeling Their Respiratory Chain

Katherine Bayly; Paul R. F. Cordero; Ashleigh Kropp; Cheng Huang; Ralf B. Schittenhelm; Rhys Grinter; Chris Greening

doi:10.1128/mSystems.01292-20

mSystems (Jun 2021)

Mycobacteria Tolerate Carbon Monoxide by Remodeling Their Respiratory Chain

Katherine Bayly,
Paul R. F. Cordero,
Ashleigh Kropp,
Cheng Huang,
Ralf B. Schittenhelm,
Rhys Grinter,
Chris Greening

Affiliations

Katherine Bayly: Department of Microbiology, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
Paul R. F. Cordero: Department of Microbiology, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
Ashleigh Kropp: Department of Microbiology, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
Cheng Huang: Monash Proteomics and Metabolomics Facility, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
Ralf B. Schittenhelm: Monash Proteomics and Metabolomics Facility, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
Rhys Grinter: ORCiD; Department of Microbiology, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
Chris Greening: ORCiD; Department of Microbiology, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.01292-20
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 3

Abstract

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Carbon monoxide has an infamous reputation as a toxic gas, and it has been suggested that it has potential as an antibacterial agent. Despite this, how bacteria resist its toxic effects is not well understood.

Published in mSystems

ISSN: 2379-5077 (Online)
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: https://journals.asm.org/journal/msystems

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