Assoc. Prof. Dr. Paiboon Vattanaviboon Chulabhorn Research Institute Stenotrophomonas maltophilia MfsA (Smlt1083) is a multidrug efflux pump in the major facilitator superfamily (MFS). Deletion of mfsA renders the strain more susceptible to multiple structurally non-related drugs including paraquat, kanamycin, streptomycin, neomycin, norfloxacin, chloramphenicol and tetracycline. No alteration in the susceptibility levels of the delta-mfsA mutant… (read more)

Prof.Dr. Skorn Mongkolsuk Faculty of Science, Mahidol University and Chulabhorn Research Institute The Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 thiol peroxidase homolog (Tpx) belongs to a family of enzymes implicated in the removal of toxic peroxides. We have shown the expression of tpx to be highly inducible with redox cycling/superoxide generators and diamide and weakly inducible with organic… (read more)