Creation of a drug-sensitive reporter strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa as a tool for the rapid screening of antimicrobial products.

Antibiotic resistance of bacteria is a considerable challenge to human health in the 21st century. With our discovery pipeline for new and effective antibiotics rapidly drying out, innovative approaches are needed to find new antimicrobials. Soil fungi are known to produce a variety of antimicrobials but rapid screening of fungi that produce such compounds remains a challenge.