Acinetobacter
Related VFcategory: Others; Biofilm
Target: PPK
Drug effect: Attenuates many virulence factors including biofilm formation, surface associated motility by inhibiting polyphosphate kinase (PPK) activity.
Max phase: Preclinical (in vitro)
Publication: Roberge N, et al., 2021. Broad-Spectrum Inhibitor of Bacterial Polyphosphate Homeostasis Attenuates Virulence Factors and Helps Reveal Novel Physiology of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii. Front Microbiol 12:764733.
Klebsiella
Related VFcategory: Others; Biofilm
Target: PPK
Drug effect: Attenuates many virulence factors including biofilm formation by inhibiting polyphosphate kinase (PPK) activity.
Max phase: Preclinical (in vitro)
Publication: Roberge N, et al., 2021. Broad-Spectrum Inhibitor of Bacterial Polyphosphate Homeostasis Attenuates Virulence Factors and Helps Reveal Novel Physiology of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii. Front Microbiol 12:764733.