Curing antibiotic resistance: probiotic plasmids and microbial husbandry in the Enterobacteriaceae

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1084672

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The most troublesome emerging antibiotic resistance is coming in the form of addictive and promiscuous 'pest' plasmids, carrying dangerous genes that defeat antibiotics used for the most severe infections. We currently manage this problem by isolating infected patients and trying to design new antibiotics. Our approach eradicates these plasmids and renders the host bacterium antibiotic susceptible again, thereby restoring the natural ecology in animals and potentially in humans.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2015

End Date: 01-01-2018

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $560,832.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical Bacteriology

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Other Keywords

antibiotic resistance | bacterial genetics | infection | plasmids | probiotics

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