Engineering microbes to sense and eradicate Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a human pathogen

The authors of this paper have engineered a novel biological system that enables E.coli to sense and kill pathogenic P. aeruginosa. Given the growing resistance to current antibiotics, this study is an excellent example of a novel synthetic biology-driven antimicrobial strategy. It has the potential to be transferred to bacteria species of the human microbiota, arming them to fight pathogens on our behalf.