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Luis A. Actis is affiliated with Miami University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields including Molecular Medicine, Endocrinology, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, and Pharmacology.

The scientist's research focuses heavily on antibiotic resistance in bacteria, with a significant emphasis on the study of Vibrio bacteria and bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing. Other key topics include antibiotics pharmacokinetics and efficacy, antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus species, plant pathogenic bacteria studies, and research on Enterobacteriaceae and Cronobacter.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Luis A. Actis include María Soledad Ramírez, Marisel R. Tuttobene, Tomás Subils, Robert A. Bonomo, and Marcelo E. Tolmasky.

Publications by Luis A. Actis appear in various scientific journals, with the most frequent venues being PLoS ONE, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Bacteriology, Biomedicines, and Scientific Reports.

Among the recent papers authored or coauthored by Luis A. Actis are:

  • Acinetobacter baumannii Regulates Its Stress Responses via the BfmRS Two-Component Regulatory System, 2021, Journal of Bacteriology
  • Human Pleural Fluid and Human Serum Albumin Modulate the Behavior of a Hypervirulent and Multidrug-Resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter baumannii Representative Strain, 2021, Pathogens
  • Fluorescent sensors of siderophores produced by bacterial pathogens, 2022, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Human Serum Proteins and Susceptibility of Acinetobacter baumannii to Cefiderocol: Role of Iron Transport, 2022, Biomedicines
  • Acinetobacter baumannii response to cefiderocol challenge in human urine, 2022, Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Attachment to and biofilm formation on abiotic surfaces by Acinetobacter baumannii: involvement of a novel chaperone-usher pili assembly system.

    Andrew P. Tomaras;Caleb W. Dorsey;Richard E. Edelmann;Luis A. Actis

  • Acinetobacter baumannii: Human infections, factors contributing to pathogenesis and animal models

    Michael J. McConnell;Luis Actis;Jerónimo Pachón

  • The Acinetobacter baumannii 19606 OmpA Protein Plays a Role in Biofilm Formation on Abiotic Surfaces and in the Interaction of This Pathogen with Eukaryotic Cells

    Jennifer A. Gaddy;Andrew P. Tomaras;Luis A. Actis

  • Regulation of Acinetobacter baumannii biofilm formation.

    Jennifer A Gaddy;Luis A Actis

  • Biofilm formation in Acinetobacter baumannii: associated features and clinical implications

    J. Rodríguez-Baño;S. Martí;S. Soto;F. Fernández-Cuenca

  • AB5075, a Highly Virulent Isolate of Acinetobacter baumannii, as a Model Strain for the Evaluation of Pathogenesis and Antimicrobial Treatments

    Anna C. Jacobs;Mitchell G. Thompson;Chad C. Black;Jennifer L. Kessler

  • Characterization of a two-component regulatory system from Acinetobacter baumannii that controls biofilm formation and cellular morphology

    Andrew P. Tomaras;Michael J. Flagler;Caleb W. Dorsey;Jennifer A. Gaddy

  • Role of acinetobactin-mediated iron acquisition functions in the interaction of Acinetobacter baumannii strain ATCC 19606T with human lung epithelial cells, Galleria mellonella caterpillars, and mice.

    Jennifer A. Gaddy;Brock A. Arivett;Michael J. McConnell;Rafael López-Rojas

  • Multiple intensive care unit outbreak of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus subspecies anitratus respiratory infection and colonization associated with contaminated, reusable ventilator circuits and resuscitation bags.

    Alan I. Hartstein;Abdel L. Rashad;Janice M. Liebler;Luis A. Actis

  • The Opportunistic Human Pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii Senses and Responds to Light

    María A. Mussi;María A. Mussi;Jennifer A. Gaddy;Matías Cabruja;Brock A. Arivett

  • Characterization of anguibactin, a novel siderophore from Vibrio anguillarum 775(pJM1).

    L A Actis;W Fish;J H Crosa;K Kellerman

  • Acinetobacter baumannii Strain M2 Produces Type IV Pili Which Play a Role in Natural Transformation and Twitching Motility but Not Surface-Associated Motility

    Christian M. Harding;Christian M. Harding;Erin N. Tracy;Michael D. Carruthers;Michael D. Carruthers;Philip N. Rather

  • Structure of anguibactin, a unique plasmid-related bacterial siderophore from the fish pathogen Vibrio anguillarum

    M. A. F. Jalal;M. B. Hossain;Dick Van der Helm;J. Sanders-Loehr

  • The siderophore-mediated iron acquisition systems of Acinetobacter baumannii ATCC 19606 and Vibrio anguillarum 775 are structurally and functionally related.

    Caleb W. Dorsey;Andrew P. Tomaras;Pamela L. Connerly;Marcelo E. Tolmasky

  • Iron acquisition functions expressed by the human pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii.

    Daniel L. Zimbler;William F. Penwell;Jennifer A. Gaddy;Sharon M. Menke

  • Iron-regulated outer membrane protein OM2 of Vibrio anguillarum is encoded by virulence plasmid pJM1.

    L A Actis;S A Potter;J H Crosa

  • CsuA/BABCDE-dependent pili are not involved in the adherence of Acinetobacter baumannii ATCC19606T to human airway epithelial cells and their inflammatory response

    Anna de Breij;Jennifer Gaddy;Joke van der Meer;Roman Koning

  • Complete sequence of virulence plasmid pJM1 from the marine fish pathogen Vibrio anguillarum strain 775.

    Manuela Di Lorenzo;Michiel Stork;Marcelo E. Tolmasky;Luis A. Actis

  • Deciphering the iron response in Acinetobacter baumannii: A proteomics approach.

    Chika C. Nwugo;Jennifer A. Gaddy;Daniel L. Zimbler;Luis A. Actis

  • Genetic and molecular characterization of essential components of the Vibrio anguillarum plasmid-mediated iron-transport system.

    L A Actis;M E Tolmasky;D H Farrell;J H Crosa

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcelo E. Tolmasky
Marcelo E. Tolmasky California State University, Fullerton
Jorge H. Crosa
Jorge H. Crosa Oregon Health & Science University
Krisztina M. Papp-Wallace
Krisztina M. Papp-Wallace Case Western Reserve University
Jerónimo Pachón
Jerónimo Pachón University of Seville
Germán Bou
Germán Bou University of A Coruña
Kristine M. Hujer
Kristine M. Hujer Case Western Reserve University
Robert A. Bonomo
Robert A. Bonomo Case Western Reserve University
Brad Spellberg
Brad Spellberg University of Southern California
Juan L. Barja
Juan L. Barja University of Santiago de Compostela
David J. Sherratt
David J. Sherratt University of Oxford

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