DNA segregation in multiresistant Staphylococcus aureus

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/571028

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Strains of Golden Staph bacteria resistant to many antibiotics are a major cause of hospital-acquired, and increasingly community-acquired, infections in Australia and around the world. Bacterial growth depends on the faithful inheritance of genetic material, which is facilitated by active DNA segregation. This project will elucidate key aspects of segregation processes so that treatments can be devised that interfere with the growth of this important pathogen and the development of resistance.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 01-01-2012

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $306,592.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Allergy

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

antibiotic resistance | bacterial genetics | bacterial pathogen | molecular mechanisms | multiply-resistant staphylococci | nosocomial infections | plasmid partitioning | resistance-plasmid biology | staphylococcus aureus

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