Nanyang Technological University

Choon Kit Wong

Matthew Wook Chang

Chueh Loo Poh

Nazanin Saeidi

The present invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a first nucleotide sequence encoding a protein that detects the presence, amount or both of a pathogenic microorganism by forming a complex with a protein produced by said pathogenic microorganism; a second nucleotide sequence encoding an antimicrobial peptide, wherein the antimicrobial peptide is effective against the pathogenic microorganism detected by the protein encoded by the first nucleotide sequence, wherein the second nucleotide sequence is under control of a promoter that is induced by the complex of the protein encoded by the first nucleotide sequence and the protein produced by said pathogenic microorganism. A recombinant microorganism comprising the isolated nucleic acid molecule and a method of sensing and killing pathogenic microorganisms is also described.

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Choon Kit Wong